why would it have the potential to make it their last foray? They have enough capital to survive several failed consoles. Besides the 3DS is still printing them money, so it's not like the company is exactly hurting at the moment..

Nintendos last foray in the console hardware market. Looool u wish, Nintendo isn't going anywhere.

@yukes Wii U is only a failure to the casuals who all went and bought a ps4. To the hard-core gamer it's a success unmatched by any other console.
The other consoles sold more but Wii U has the better games and they wernt all broken on release needing patch after patch.

You're exxagerating quite a lot here.

Yes, the Wii U is Nintendo's least selling home console in history.

But it's still profitable for Nintendo.

It takes more than a poorly selling hardware (that still profits the parent company), to make a business like Nintendo go bankrupt or vow out of the hardware race.

Sega had several flops that lost them billions of dollars before being forced out of the hardware business with the Dreamcast, despite it being an awesome console.

So, I suspect Nintendo wouldn't be out of the race even if the NX was an actual flop that lost them money. They probably could still come out with another new console, ro two, before calling it quits if those make them lose money, as well.

And that's without taking into account their handheld business, which is pretty healthy, to put it mildly.

Nintendo has not played it safe at all. They always do what they want and not what the industry wants. That's not playing safe by any means.

Which is all Nintendo does...play it safe (for the majority of the time).

nintendo have been playing it safe for years now.

since iwatas passing i have started to think maybe nintendos recent strategy (the last ten years) of releasing old technology might have been a deliberate move by a company owner fully aware of his poor health issues.

he is responsible for the company, maybe as his health became uncertain, he had to make business decisions to put the company in 'safe mode'.. the wii and wiiu both seem very cautious to me. as if the future of the company is uncertain so they play it safe by not investing money in technology that they would have to sell at a loss during a time of great uncertainty.

i think the NX will continue this trend for nintendo while they are in this transitional phase. but i dont know if they will survive it, because really- it shows lack of confidence and direction. the games suffer and the gamers arent interested.

nintendo has lost a visionary leader, one who practically gave them their identity and all their valuable assets. but even in the last 10 years, tragically that faded along with iwatas health.

i think it is the end of nintendo, as we know it. just as there was a golden era with disney, while disney himself was alive. the characters still live on, but they dont have that direction, they dont have that magic.

i know many people say nintendo lost its magic in recent years, i think with the shock passing of iwata, its starting to make sense why that magic was fading...

We have no idea at all when NX is coming out let alone when Nintendo has or will begin to show NX to some of the third parties.

For the record, here's Wii U's R&D development scheduled based on information taken directly from Iwata Asks interviews and comments from separate occasions made by Iwata and/or Miyamoto:

- Wii U development began early discussions in 2008
- By April 2009, Nintendo's console engineering team was busy designing Wii U's basic architecture structure and testing of its performance

- By the time Wii Sports Resort came out in June 2009, Nintendo's EAD began prototyping for what would turn into the GamePad controller and its asymmetric gameplay capabilities.

- By 2010, Wii U launch software development was underway. These projects would later be used as playable tech demos at E3 2011.

- Also in 2010, Pikmin 3's development was far along, but Miyamoto made the decision to transfer the game's development to Wii U and Iwata would later announce the game's status as a new generational title at E3 2011.

- By April 2011, prior to E3, more rumors were spreading about Nintendo's new home console. It's codename, Project Cafe, was leaked and its controller was said to include a touchscreen and asymmetric gameplay.

- Third party devs like Virgil Games, revealed that it was in possession of its Wii U dev kit back in early 2011 just roughly a month before E3 in June. The dev kit controller it was given resembled a large, clunky Gameboy. The GamePad controller revealed at E3 2011 in June, was not the same controller it was given earlier in that year.

- At E3 2011, Nintendo revealed Wii U as the official name and the public's first look at the prototype GamePad that used circle pads on it and console box. This was also presented to third parties for the first time, even developers that already had been given Wii U dev kits prior to E3. However, some features were not yet included such as the NFC tech while the built-in camera was not completed until Summer-Fall 2011.

- By July, Virgil Games was in possession of a 2nd party dev kit. Virgil stated that Wii U's hardware power was basically on parr with Xbox 360 and PS3's, but due to the nature of dev kits, they could not confirm if it would become more powerful in future released dev kits.

- In January 2012, Iwata publicly announced that the GamePad would support NFC technology, but the development team did not expect Iwata to reveal this news since development was behind schedule. Fortunately, the dev team was able to add in the NFC device in time for its reveal at E3 2012 in June. However, it was not shown to be working, so it could have just been for appearances only. Pokemon Rumble U was the first game to use NFC in 2013 followed by Amiibo in 2014.

- At E3 in June 2012, Nintendo revealed the near finalized version of the GamePad. It featured various improvements such as analog sticks added, NFC added, lighter weight, enhanced ergonomically design and changed positions of buttons.

- Around June 2012, third parties were in possession of final dev kits that were tagged as "mass production units."

- By September 2012, Nintendo revealed Wii U's pricing, two SKUS and launch date.

- The Wii U launched in November 2012.

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️