Miyamoto gives his reasons for why Wii U failed

Poor hardware

lack of 3rd party

behind in online features and play

very few games to buy in general

Confusing name

A big reason why it failed was because of its name. Most people honestly had no clue that it was a new console, they just thought it was an add on to the existing Wii.

@aroxx_ab: I suppose that much is true.

Ninty needs a new management staff that aren't out of touch.

Nintendo may have started their event with muppets but as far as I'm concerned the biggest muppets are the real life people in charge of it.

Miyamoto was spot on. But that was the dillemma.

Nintendo released it too soon for it's technology to be priced competitively but too late to pioneer the tablet movement.

I agree with him but there are other reasons, that have already been bought up in the thread that I do not need to reiterate. As a life long Nintendo fan, this gen has been depressing to me.