pretty much. 

Nice thread! A man with common sense actually writing on here it is a miracle. In this day of age we have lost all sorts of common sense. People think that selling more consoles than the other is the only way they define success. When you spend massive dollars in advertising and using giveaways like BIG BOX contests with Taco Bell how is this success?
Quality over quantity is success people buy product and are more likely to return with a company when that is the case.

Is that why the people who owned Wii's aren't buying Wii U's? And why the Wii U is selling worse than the Gamecube, which is regarded even by Nintendo as a failure? 

damn you beat me too it!

@OP:

About the thread title question: just no.

About questions A and B: we see al lot of them too, but they can't compete with the number of threads that Wii U's d0m3 generates, just because they lack the almighty "d0m3 factor".

People are going to move goalposts and change defintion to make things look better. Its nature. When WIi was winning nobody brought up the profit thing. They didnt need too. Numbers were clear. Now that they are on a fast track to dead last some wanna change the defintion of what a failure is.

isn't the wii U saved already tho? it's doing 40k on a regular basis that's pretty good if you ask me

How is it regarded by NIntendo as a failure? Because it's a console with a diffrent direction that once again developers are afraid to make games for? I think this year is showing that it will be successful when games are availible. THIS HOLIDAY WILL PROVE IT.  

So more common sense for you. It is almost certain the 18-22 demographic lose interest in NINTENDO because of the whole "being to kiddie" perception. I went through it when I bought my PSOne. But once that perception wears off people will see it s a myth perception. They are the ONLY console that gives two shits about the kids. Reason why it wil dominate this holiday.

The reason why they bring up profit because it was their cash cow. Everyone knew it was the GameCube with motion controls did not lose any money at launch because they spent little money into the hardware itself. 

Dude, exactly. That's how ignorant people are. They define success by # of consoles sold and to an extent that may be true but looks are deceiving. Microsoft and Sony lost BUKU bucks on the Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively. That's not considered a success. The Wii at that time could have turned a profit even at $150 yet it sold for $250, that's a success and much of Nintendo's cash came from the Wii & DS era. The Wii U isn't a success because it hasn't turned a profit for Nintendo yet. Same with the Xbone if I am correct. The PS4 is the only console that has made a profit right out the gate and yes, it is successful. So, in short, the only reason you should worry about Nintendo is if the continue to make losses for the next year or so. They'll be just fine, this is their PS3 and Xbox 360 if you will. Still, all this talk about what console will kill what angers me so and I've expressed my feelings on other posts. If we deem worthiness based off of sales, a dim market we'll have coming up soon.