I was wrong in thinking Nintendo was going to rush out games in order to capitalize on MK8's success. Nintendo has proven they plan to get behind the Wii U for the long haul, which I think is a smart decision. They've invested in the future by loading 2015 with quality titles and plan to start dropping the bombs this holiday season with Smash and amiibos (they really screwed that name up, it should have been an amiigo, like a mii on the go and a play on amigo), then spread Zelda, Yoshi, X, Splatoon, Kirby, Mario Maker, MvDK, MP10, and possibly Devil's Third (depending on if Nintendo holds the project to its usual standard of quality) over the span of one short year.

Nintendo may be suffering losses right now, but they banked enough scratch last generation to eat losses as bad as last year for a few years if they need to, and we already know that the system has improved and will continue to improve, so this year won't be as bad as the last unless something disastrous happens. I would not be surprised if Nintendo didn't begin to expand their studios so they could simply produce their own games faster if this next wave does well.

Also, if Nintendo wanted, they could easily acquire struggling Sega and Capcom to secure historic IPs and apply the Nintendo Midas touch (as far as quality is concerned I mean) to flagging series like Sonic and Resident Evil, and revive the long dead Megaman. Could you imagine if the minds behind arguably the greatest platformer series ever made, had unlimited access to Sonic the Hedgehog? Hell let's think of series that Nintendo could secure as exclusives by such a buyout: Megaman, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry (which would also let Kamiya get his hands on it again), Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe, Sonic, Crazy Taxi, Yakuza, Phantasy Star, and Panzer Dragoon to name a few.

Believe it or not, the people at any large gaming company are not completely retarded, and probably know more about making money or reversing bad situations than all of us here combined. That is, when they're pushed to try. If Nintendo wants to, they can throw enough money at the Wii U to make it more competitive, even if they have to expand to develop all of their own games.

Nintendo needs more games, either 3rd party or by purchasing a third party. Sega would be redundant and too expensive (they're not struggling, btw). Capcom could be a good fit. But just regular third party support would be better. People like AC, COD, etc. It's not that there isn't games on Wii U, it's that there isn't THOSE games, and people like those games and they're heavily promoted.

Someone like Capcom would provide some great titles with dedicated fans and add to the reasons to own a Wii U though. And that might help encourage third party support.

That's not how it works.

If buying a Nintendo release, then waiting 4 months for the next Nintendo release, is your idea of ideal gaming, then hey best of luck.......... plus being that its the same games, Kirby, Mario Party, Mario Bros and so on, I would say that you are in the minority. ..... Every system needs 3rd party support to survive. Variety is the secret sauce.

AC and COD ARE on Wii U. Clearly Wii U owners don't give a shit about them though, as they've not set the world on fire.

Oh, come on, don't you want to see Nintendo get into the gambling business?

On platforms greatly preferred by their target audience; an audience that would never consider buying Wii U versions of those games.

We could all dream that it was all that easy!

Well, Nintendo's base sales will probably increase to 50k and it will continue to sell low only spiking when a new must have game comes out. It hardware sales overall won't be too great but the software sales for the main titles will be far from a flop and hopefully by the time they have their next console, they will be ready for something like this

...Yeh they do need third parties. It is not wise to do all the heavy lifting by themselves. The "Me VS the whole world" attitude is not a wise move.

With this said, the support they need differs from Sony and microsoft. It is known that multiplats don't sell well on nintendo home consoles, and it is also has been shown multiplats do not drive hardware sales. Lose - Lose situation. Nintendo recognizes this, and hence why they have opted with a different strategy, that is partnerships with publisher eg Sega, Tecmo, Atlus and scooping up projects like bayonetta and devils third. Iwata should consider some western partnerships like a Nintendo themed Skylanders and Infinity game, and more lego city undercover game deals.