When Will Nintendo Abandon the Wii U?

The Wii U is the biggest hardware misstep for Nintendo  (NASDAQOTH: NTDOY  )  since the Virtual Boy. Bearing in mind that the Wii U was put forth as the successor to the hugely popular Wii and that the Virtual Boy was never intended to serve as the company's primary home-console hardware, it's possible that the Wii U represents an even greater failure. Third parties have struggled to find any traction on the platform and Nintendo's own software efforts have been commercial underperformers.