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Nintendo　has a crazy amount of money in the bank(think Apple).

Not to say it would be a good decision, but it would have been survivable.

Source?

https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/financials?s=...

How much do they still have ?

$8B

so few

The problem with the Wii U was Nintendo did a very poor job marketing it. There were almost no ads for it and they failed to make the consumer understand what exactly it was.

It was out for about a year before I finally figured out that it was an all new console. I thought it was a wireless tablet add-on for the Wii.

That was the WORST name ever for a console. Seriously awful.

Yep, the Wii U is basically what the original Wii should have been and it's my favorite console right now. I've got 3 kids and also own a PS4 and an Xbox one and the Wii U definitely gets the most play.

lol, I thought I am the only one making that mistake when I realized its an all new console. Turns out many people think the same

I haven't looked at the data, but with the sales of the Wii and the NDS I'd expect Nintento to be able to survive two or three full-on busters.