Analyst Michael Pachter is well known for his frank and sometimes misguided predictions, never the less his words to get a lot of attention and in a recent piece over at Venture Beat - he was quoted as follows:
"I think they misfired on the Wii U. It's just not that different from the other two [existing] consoles, and the gameplay isn't as unique as the Wii. They made a mistake, it's something they probably can't recover from."
And while other analysts in the piece point to more software (primarilly first party) as a means to recover and gain ground, Pachter predicts a bleak future for Nintendo:
"I think they have made a costly mistake [with the Wii U]. And their handheld business can't save them in the face of cannibalization from smartphones and tablets."
What do you think? Are Wii U and ultimately Nintendo doomed?