Isn't the whole negative initial reaction to new Nintendo hardware thing sorta played? Maybe it's just because I remember the whole Wii era, where the boards were rife with "Nintendo DOOMED!" predictions.
I'm skeptical of no buttons too but... I also know that regardless of how wacky the console or handheld seemed to me (Gamecube, Wii, 3DS, etc.), there were always great games and memorable gameplay experiences that eventually came.
Gamers are not going to want to play games without fucking buttons man. I understand you giving them the benefit of the doubt, but they went to far here. That shape is stupid, no real buttons is suicide.
They should be clawing backwards to reality where PSX and Xbox are, not going further down the rabbit hole of stupid 200$ controllers that led them to where they currently sit. Its a fucking joke and its okay to admit it.
They launch THAT shit and its Nintendo's last generation in hardware for sure. That crap is not salvageable, and third parties are waaaay past done trying to make 'special' versions of their games for Nintendo's fucking consoles. People want their maddens, CoD's, Assassins Creeds, GTAs and more. That shit we are looking at in that picture isn't going to get any of those without it costing a shit ton to port.
Game over if they launch that, and the failure will be well deserved. You get a mulligan for being stupid enough to try and capture lightning in a bottle twice in a row, but the third time you are just fucking asking for it.