Now these words are not here to be pleasant, its here to talk about a reality going on at Nintendo. The sales of its hardware have been abysmal at best. All along the line, sales are DOWN. The 3DS in reality isn't selling like hotcakes, its selling roughly 1/2 the original DS did. Yes, 1/2!!! While that's still 80 million sales, will next gen just be 60 or 40 million? And the Wii U, well at this point NOTHING can go lower than this, not even 10 million after 2 1/2 years. That's outright disappointing at best, and a product that leads to bankruptcy of Nintendo in a worst case scenario.
Now this would be ok for Sony and Microsoft, since they have many other divisions that make money, and losing gaming wouldn't be all that bad. However, Nintendo is ALL gaming, and that's the bad part. The only thing that's really holding up Nintendo in terms of sales is Amiibo, and that's not something to be impressed about. And as each day passes, the more I worry about the NX.
Personally, I think Nintendo is doomed with hardware. The final nail in the coffin was the Wii. The casual audiance bought these things up, but bought almost NOTHING in terms of software. Then, they abandoned ship for smartphone's, the there was nothing in terms of core gamers left. At this point, 2016 seems likely for a release date. Pricing at 299 and being slightly more powerful than the PS4 could help, though I'd worry indeed. So what do you guys think, is Nintendo doomed in hardware, or will it repair itself with the NX?
Edit: So I just got this post on vgchartz, and this alone worries me about the NX console: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=205040