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9. With third party support currently at a low ebb for the Wii U, and with Satoru Iwata also not announcing any major software releases during Nintendo's Corporate Management Meeting, it's all too easy for naysayers to proclaim the console as being a dud, with missed sales targets justifying their argument.
However, the success of the 3DS and XBox One consoles have both proven that gamers are prepared to overlook hardware flaws if the software library is sufficiently appealing enough to provoke interest. It's therefore not inconceivable to think that the Wii U can be salvaged, and that if Nintendo can release enough compelling software that captures the zeitgeist, for the console to see its fortunes turn around. Indeed, Satoru Iwata himself stated that “a single game has the power to change everything in this industry”, and hopefully the market will be able to see evidence of this at E3 when Shigeru Miyamoto's department is able to candidly demonstrate exactly as to why Nintendo pinned its hopes on the Wii U (with its GamePad and NFC technology).
But if nothing else, Nintendo can't jettison the Wii U now – only a mere 15 months aft...