User blog comment:Callofduty4/Black Ops II coming to Wii U?/@comment-64.58.204.206-20120810133728/@comment-3171236-20120813174223

Nintendo was "ahead of the curve" until the Gamecube. The Gamecube really didn't have much to offer as far as innovation, and constantly fell behind its competitors in terms or popularity and general usage.

The Wii sacrificed HD graphical power for Accelerometer controls, which ended uo getting them better sales then their competitors (over 70 million Wiis sold compared to 40 million Xbox 360s), but it also resulted in them gutting their care gamer base, and making the system unattractive to Third Party develepors (except Shovelware devs).

The Wii U is attempting to recreate the balance it used to hold between casual and core gamers, and looks to be doing so successfully. Many Third Party devs are interested by the Wii U, and have signed on to develop for it.