I have to disagree to a degree, I think they are just trying to soften the blow, there are still a lot of games coming to Wii U that I am excited for like Splatoon, Devil's Third, Rodea, Project Treasure, Pokken, Fatal Frame, SMTxFE etc, I think there are still plenty of games to go.

So... Nintendo should have done what Sony did for the PS3? By that, do you mean bleed money?

Sony lost TONS of money on the PS3. You could argue that it may have been worth it in the long run, but the way Nintendo is built, they couldn't have done it. They're not an electronics company, they only make games, and they have a history of basically always making money. They couldn't endure years of the kinds of losses Sony took on the PS3.

I'm not arguing they did a good job with the Wii U, but they couldn't have done what Sony did.

Wii U is the first Nintendo console that dissapoints me.

At one point during the Wii gen, they were making $5 billion a year. I don't expect them to bleed money, just reinvest a decent portion of their profits.

$5 billion a year?! Are you sure? Btw Nintendo's profits and losses are transparent. But Sony's are not. They just shuffle the profits and losses from other divisions just to make the PS division look rosier than it should be.

So true, i have all 3 consoles right now and the most fun I have is on the wii u and and the master chief collection.  The only other game I was blow away by was a ps3 port of the last of us I played the first time on ps4.

What do you consider a decent amount?  Cause spending money without any hope of a return on that investment tends to get executives fired.  Nintendo has lasted this long by being a conservative company.  The money they made during the Wii generation keeps them alive when things like the Wii U happen.  Financially, they're better off using that money on things like NX, their mobile plans, Amiibo, etc.

As a fan, I see limited value in third party games.  So far, there have been precisely one third party game (Dead Rising 3) that I wanted to play, but couldn't play on my Wii U or last gen systems.  So, I don't think that would have been a good use of money.  To get a decent ROI, Nintendo would have to take charge in funding a TON of third party content, which would be difficult to arrange (companies aren't thrilled in giving up control of their IP, or going exclusive if they don't have to), and expensive.  

They made a lot of mistakes with the Wii U, but dumping more money into it wasn't going to help matters.

Everyone will be singing a different tune when Zelda U does come out. It is sad that the Wii U's mid gen releases seem like they are still sparse when this is the year most consoles are hitting their stride with a steady stream of games. I'm even getting a little aggravated that Nintendo isn't making sure we get more, but every game I do own for it is a complete gem. That said I completely understand consumer concern and even a rising lack of confidence in the system. 2 years is still enough time to get some of that confidence back if they would just ensure a killer next two years. It would start with a killer E3.

Zelda is delayed and all of the sudden the sky is falling

We still have Splatoon, Star Fox, Devil's Third, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Yoshi's Woolly World, Mario Maker and E3 this year....just chill

Roundtable.  Roundtable, roundtable, roundtable.  Iwata is in no different position than another president, Obama: when it comes to making big decisions, he cannot make them alone.  This can be a good and bad thing but in Nintendo's case it's almost always a bad thing when, let's say Iwata's western advisors tell him to do exactly what you say.  He presents it to a roundtable of 60+ year old millionare suits who know as much about video games as a rhinoceros' ass and gets shot down by every single one, every single time.

It's not always about Iwata being a dumbass.  I'm sure the dude understands video games he made a multitude of them and knows what would make Nintendo money.  But when you have a blockade of "no men", you can't always do what's best for the company.