@Beau Skunky
 
The problem isn’t profit, it’s relevancy. Nintendo has long relied on the traditional “gaming-only console” but in truth, Nintendo lost its right to be #1 the moment the PS2 was revealed to be able to play music and movies. It’s all Nintendo does: they make games. That has worked for them for a while, but in this day in age, people don’t just want gaming consoles; They want entertainment systems. That’s why the 360 and PS3 outsold the Wii. They both offered so much more, and by the time the Wii broke forward it was too late.
 
Nintendo’s stubborn in their ways, and I don’t expect that to change. Even their monopoly on handhelds won’t last: Mobile gaming on phones is the future, and Nintendo outright refuses to put any of its titles on your phone. Nintendo will be around for a while yet, but if it keeps refusing to truly innovate, not in hardware, but in practice, its days are numbered as a hardware developer.

I will say that if the 3DS version isn’t at least equal or even superior, I’ll probably buy a Wii U JUST for the next smash bros. Damn must-haves…

@MagnificentTrixie  
People have been trying to say Nintendo is “failing,” and going out of business sense the N64 days, (and that system did very very well, regardless of the PS1 selling more) when ironically they aren’t. So it gets kinda old honestly. And those “WiiU has no good games” remarks are only your opinion, not “fact.”
 
The GameCube for instance people always mistakingly assume that system failed because it didn’t sell as well as the PS2 & X-Box1. However Nintendo still made a profit off of it, even when it went down to $99 bucks, because it cost less money to make then even at that pricetag. The same however couldn’t be said for the PS2, and X-Box, which cost more then their pricetags, so they had to make up for lost profits on their consoles by selling game discs. So regardless Nintendo still made a profit off the GameCube, even though it finished third.
 
Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is about E3. I’m sure it’ll still be enjoyable regardless.

@Tyrranux  
Calm your tits, its just a fictional character in a drawing.

I think John drew this in too much of a hurry. They’re at E3, but they’re gonna do more Nintendo Direct styled stuff in order to focus more on the games. Great idea if you ask me, less time for sales data and charts, and no pre-defined time limits set by the ESA higher ups.
 
If anything I feel like this is the best thing to do this year because Nintendo has no new hardware to show off while the others do. Better to preemptively avoid the fanboy dick-size comparing show of “who had the best stage conference” by not having one at all and just focus on the games like the new 3D Mario on Wii U, Super Smash Bros 4, Mario Kart U, Bayonetta 2, and also third party focus on things such as Ubisoft’s upcoming games (Splinter Cell, Watch_Dogs, Rayman).
 
So yeah, a well drawn image, but sadly it’s going to cause people who make knee jerk reactions to assume this is a bad thing.

@Background Pony  
Exactly! Hell I can’t even go to ANY convention let alone E3 so I could really care less.

Oh boo hoo Luna, no Nintendo at E3, that’s no fucking excuse to cry “ruined forever” whist breaking your only Wii U Gamepad WHICH YOU NEED TO EVEN OPERATE YOUR WII U YOU DUMBASS!!!

I’m okay with this. We’ll still be getting info on upcoming games, we’ll still be getting new game announcements, the press will still be able to go hands-on with these games; I fail to see what the problem is here.

@gg666
 
It is when their target was more than double that.
 
Look, I like to look on the bright side more than most, but Nintendo ain’t doing so hot.

@MagnificentTrixie
 
31 million is underpreforming?

@Beau Skunky
 
“Well” is relative; despite its long list of incredible titles the 3DS continues to underperform due to a retarded price tag, and the Wii U is just about the most disappointing thing Nintendo has made in a while. The 360, a now ancient system, still sold almost twice as many consoles last month as the Wii U has during its entire life cycle so far.
 
It might help if it had actual games.

They’re saving their money for Pokemon X and Y.

@MagnificentTrixie
 
more like the overestimated the intelligence of people
 
most people just look at a headline than a story

@MagnificentTrixie  
Not really if you consider how well they’re doing. (Heck, “Wii Sports” outsold “Super Mario Bros.”)

@gg666  
Might have just been better as a reaction image, huh?

Nintendo seems awfully fond of shooting itself in the foot.

This image was VERY misleading :I

@Crazy☾
 
i’m more dissapointed that the artist failed to realize this, now people will be even more ignorant

@gg666  
Added the quote to the image. Probably shouldn’t have expected people to read the source, should I?

they will still be there, they just won’t have a big hour long conference

THEY ARE STILL THERE
 
READ WHAT THEY SAY

@NoodleNugget  
As opposed to seeing another typical FPS game, another “God of War” game, or sports game on every other console?

Need Nintendo updates, check their Nintendo Direct videos. Seriously that’s one reason why they aren’t holding the major conference, they are already promoting the material.

inb4 hundreds of angry Nintendo fanboys.

@NoodleNugget  
Or re-release Mario Bathroom Party for the Wii U.