Aquamarine
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Four words: Announced. Four. Months. Ago. A quick google search confirms this, so no investor should be at all surprised by this bad news.
It's not a matter of "being surprised," it's a matter of gauging future momentum for the system.
Tell me, where are the signs beyond baseless conjecture that the Wii U will succeed?
Visibly deteriorating, crucial third party relationships? Nintendo struggling with HD development? PS4 + Durango on the cusp of release?
NPD trends showing obviously mediocre console adoption? Analysts widely predicting operating profit target failures? The decline of staying power with their core IPs? Japan's recent console apathy? Abysmal European GFK Chart-Track sell-through data?
Multiple years of operating losses compounded with these problems introduces the very real possibility of continued Nintendo failure.