How would you know that?

I was told there was going to be punch and pie.

One game can't save a console.

And a 100 games can't save a doomed console.

And 1 million games can't save a Nintendoomed console.

Why do you guys always think Nintendo is persecuted? Every company gets criticism like Nintendo. Open your eyes and stop complaining. Is the criticism always deserved? Nope but it comes with the territory and if they have been persecuted for as long as some of you claim, it should be irrelevant to you by now.

On the contrary, this site definitely has more Nintendo supporters than otherwise. It was especially obvious when the Wii was dominating so I'm not really sure why these types of threads keep popping up.

My point being that even if Nintendo are not generating the desired sales, they still find a way to still make money. I mean its nice that Sony have shifted 80 odd million PS3 consoles, but boy have they blown some serious cash in doing so. Sure Nintendo would have liked Wii U to sell Wii numbers, but it doesnt always work out that way, but they will end the gen profitable.

On a side note, people seem to gloss over the fact that there is another piece of Nintendo hardware that has sat near/at the top of the worldwide charts for a couple of years now, and will be the first current gen gaming device to cross the 50 million threshold. So that means both Nintendo and Sony have one device selling well and one selling poorly, so by my logic all is not doom and gloom over at camp Nintendo.

Man this polk is so different to what's going on in the comments section.

@Intrinsic
Remember the Gamecube? It had good specs, good third party, and did it outsell the original XBox? No!

True, gamers buy consoles to stare at them, and not to play games..

Did you even read this part of the Iwata thread: If Iwata does not make the right decision and buy them out, he should be fired! (unless they are not financially able to which i highly doubt)

Oh and about how much Capcoms shares are, by my calculations, 51 percent of shares are around 750 million dollars. I also said unless they are financially unable, they should buy them.

I am not defending anyone. I agree that some Ninty fanboys say that every game ALONE will save the Wii U, but that is not the case. W101 Sonic LW, Pikmin 3. These arent games that would save any console. Super Mario 3d world did really good. MK8 did fantastic by it is a collection of games that save a console. When I mean save, I mean it provides a profit for Nintendo.

Fanboys should shut up abouy every game saving the Wii U. Nintendo haters should just stop with hating. IMHO, the only Three games announced AS OF NOW that can build on the Wii U's library that can sell consoles is LoZ MK8 and SSB4.

Every company gets criticism. Not like Nintendo, though.

Nintendo is predicted to be about to collapse pretty much every second day, despite having $5 billion in cash in hand. For comparison, Sony is praised as being incredibly stable by many despite having $12 billion in debt and $8 billion in cash in hand (a $4 billion deficit).

Nintendo is criticised for not having games that appeal to "hardcore gamers"... and then when they announce a game like Bayonetta 2 or Devil's Third, they're criticised for keeping these games from the hardcore gamers by having it on their system as exclusives.

Indeed, Nintendo is the company that many in the gaming media (if not the gaming industry) love to hate. If it isn't lambasting Nintendo for following a successful formula, it's lambasting Nintendo for deviating from the formula.

When a multiplatform title is confirmed for PS4, XBO, and PC, and not Wii U, it's blamed on Nintendo - not on install base or system power, but on Nintendo itself. Yet when a game is confirmed for, say, PS4 and PC, nobody says anything comparable about Microsoft. When a game is announced as a PS4 exclusive, people who want it on other platforms complain about the developers. When it's announced as a Wii U exclusive, they complain about Nintendo. Nintendo is criticised for having free online. They're criticised for delaying games that aren't satisfying their QA. They're criticised for ignoring third parties, and for accommodating third parties. They're criticised for keeping Iwata in charge following a couple of years of relatively minor losses.

They're criticised for "forcing" Retro to make another Donkey Kong, and then they're criticised for not forcing Retro to make Metroid when it turns out that Retro chose for themselves... even after Donkey Kong becomes one of the best-recieved games on the system. They're criticised for spending so much time talking about sales in their press events, and then they're criticised for focusing their entire E3 on games. They're criticised for experiments like Wii Music, and for making safe titles that are guaranteed hits. They're criticised for not making a FPS even as every other company does it and few make games like Nintendo's. They're criticised for not making games that make proper use of the Wiimote, and then are criticised for making games that use the Wiimote. They're criticised for third parties' failures to advertise their games for Nintendo systems. They're criticised for not making games with deep stories, and then they're criticised when they make those games.

Other companies get criticised. Nintendo gets criticised for anything and everything, including criticisms that contradict each other. And then, when a Nintendo fan dares to call someone out for inconsistent criticism, they're called a fanboy and told to stop being so defensive. Funny, Sony fans, Microsoft fans, Activision fans, etc don't get such attitudes thrown at them when they complain, even about legitimate criticisms, let alone inconsistent and nonsensical ones.