| EXTREME TALKING POINT | ~ Nintendo Nuking the Wii U would Be a Really Dumb Idea

No, just no. 

Without a doubt - the Wii U hasn't been doing so hot, even after being released for over a year. There are still consumers whom are confused about exactly what it is. Even some retailers are still confused about the difference between the new system and its predecessor.

Now with the release of the PS4 and XBOX One, both of which are more powerful (and faster-selling at the moment) than the Wii U - this has led some geniuses to conclude that Nintendo should go ahead and nuke their ailing system, in favor of a more powerful, and even potentially Gamepad-less console. In other words, a more "next-gen" system.

No, just no.

"But why?" "It's not like the Wii U is doing very well right now. It's been out for a YEAR, and yet it's selling behind the two new systems which are less than a month old! It's a failure! It's underpowered!"

That, is probably the thought that just passed through your mind. Probably even passed through your mind the minute you read the title. But still, no. No, no, no, no, no. That's a bad idea. 

Why? - How about why not?

Just think about it. Would it be smart for Nintendo to nuke a system:

- What they've spent years doing R&D on.

- Have already designed, branded and mass-produced.

- Have already released a number of big titles on it and are planning to release even more.

- And that has a (growing) install base of nearly 4-million?

In which reality would that be sensible, even plausible, at the very least?

Just ask our dear friends at SEGA how they ended up out of the console-race.

SEGA kept looking over their shoulder at what their competitors were doing. They kept flip-flopping around, trying to keep themselves at the top. This over-exertion is what led to their demise. While the SEGA CD and 32x are technically add-ons; they can still be considered major-hardware, since they weren't exactly small attachments as say the Wii Wheel or Wii Balance Board.

SEGA kept trying to be the best, and they payed for it. Hardware failure after hardware failure dug their grave deeper with every release. By the time they got to the DreamCast, consumers and developers alike called it quits. They were tired of SEGA's games and came to the conclusion that they simply could not be trusted. Nearly bankrupt; SEGA was left high-&-dry. They had two options. Liquidize and cease to exist, or drop-out of the hardware business and go third-party.

Obviously, they chose the latter.

Many think that Nintendo is the next major game-company to do this. I have no idea why; I mean, it's not like their profits are anywhere near as bad as SEGA's was. Seriously; they're sitting on billions of dollars. $16 billion to be exact. And those fortunes certainly aren't going to get any smaller, with the 3DS basically printing money for them. 

Nintendo would suffer more nuking the Wii U, than they would sticking it out and continuing with it until the proper end of the generation. Just think about it; PS3 didn't sell, and still hasn't sold anywhere near the likes of the PS2 - but does that make it a failure? Of course not! What about 3DS? It hasn't completely lived up to the same track-record as DS either. Is it a failure? Not a chance. XBOX 360 had a pretty bad start too; with a high hardware failure rate when it launched, which made a lot of its early sales complete duds. But did that stop it? Nope. Even the Vita can't rightfully be called a failure, despite also not living up to the likes of it's predecessor.

Funny thing, too. All of those systems I just mentioned were going through the same doom-&-gloom era just as Wii U is right now. Yet even so, both 3DS and PS3 have been topping charts for a while now. XBOX 360's hardware issues have been addressed, and it too has been enjoying some high-times on the charts. Vita is actually starting to live up to it's name and is actually beginning to have some genuine 'life' thriving through it.

So what does this mean for Wii U?

Every console has it's issues. No console has had a golden-road (well, except for PS2). If Nintendo went ahead and scrapped it; trust me, the result would not be as amazing as some people think it would be. It's not as easy as starting a project, and half-way into completing it, you decide you don't like it and chuck it away and start all over again. This is a retail product that many people have already invested in. Do you have any idea how much turmoil there would be if tomorrow, every Wii U owner woke up to find out that Nintendo is pulling the plug on the system they just bought? You better believe Miiverse's servers would crash due to the high waves of traffic, due to the sheer amount of livid users who would burn the social-network to the ground. 

At this point, all I can say is that "journalists" and "analysts" need to shut up and stop trying to get their 5-minutes of fame. It's stupid and frankly, quite unprofessional. 

"Let's ignore the fact that Wii U sales have been improving for a minute, and make more asinine claims to try and get ourselves noticed here in the wild world of Gaming Hollywood." - I believe that must be their daily-pledge.

I think I've made my point pretty clear; Nintendo scrapping the Wii U is a horrible idea. A horrible idea that despite it may be many gaming jorunalists/analysts wet-dream to see; won't ever come to reality. 

I leave you with the words of Sean Malstorm:

"Back during Generation Seven when the PSP was momentarily outselling the DS, all we heard was about the handheld space. Once the DS began outselling the PSP, incredibly the handheld console market never appeared again in news reports. When the Wii outsold the PS3 and Xbox 360, somehow it was said the Wii wasn’t a ‘real console’ and news reports omitted it while only talking about the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Nintendo is only said to be a console company when competitors outsell it. Otherwise, Nintendo doesn’t make game consoles. It makes *something else*. Something for kids. Something like toys. But whatever it is, it isn’t a REAL dedicated game console. Unless it is being outsold. Then, suddenly, Nintendo is a console company."   

Thank you for reading, have a great day.