release a proper console and people will flock back to nintendo. The reason nintendo gets crappy third party support is that nobody wants to deal with trying to get their games to run on such a weak console. Also last gen proved with the wii that people who have a wii or wii u don't buy them to play big third party games anyway.
Release a REAL console. Not something that barely beats the previous gens consoles. Release something that compete with what is currently out there.
Do not make casuals your focus. The Wii was a flash in a pan. It was the "it" device that year. Cheap. Did something new and cool and had a nice buzz about it. This is why casuals bought in in droves. They didn't buy it because they were gamers. Nintendo should have seen that this was not sustainable. Casuals cannot sustain the console business. It can boost it if you are lucky enough but casual will not go out and buy 4 to 5 games a year. They will not go out and buy a new console because they have the older one. They aren't brand loyal they just want what is popular at the time.
Refocus on the core gamer. Core gamers want new and exciting things. Core gamers who have been playing games at wii u levels for 7 years now are not going to shell out money on a system that does what their current system can do. Unless you were a die hard nintendo fan there is nothing remotely appealing about the wii u. It is a little bit more powerful than the PS360 which would have been awesome 10 years ago. In 2013 not so awesome. It has next to no third party support either so you want people to pay $350 to play mario? Most gamers will pass.
Nintendo should market the wii u as what it is. A casual kid friendly console for playing party games with friends and family and release a REAL nextgen device that competes with the the PSOne. This whole not trying to compete with MS and Sony is the wrong idea. Instead of bowing out of competition and releasing a console as poor as the wii u, Nintendo should have embraced it and went toe to toe once again and release a really awesome device. Trust me people would buy it and are still interested in a proper offering from Nintendo.
Instead nintendo bet on casuals and they are paying for it because casuals are interested in fads not games and consoles.
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