In a recent interview with Industry Gamers and web-bush analyst Michael Pachter, Pachter is basically describing the Wii U as “not quite next generation”. He also states that the new console is a “pretty ambitious undertaking”. Its really quite interesting on his part, here is what Industry Gamers asked the analyst:

IG: Since E3, Nintendo’s been fairly quiet on Wii U, and reports are that it’s in “development hell” with Nintendo still struggling to get the hardware right and developers feeling impeded by a lack of visibility into the final Wii U. Did Nintendo drop the ball with Wii U? What do they need to do to ensure a hugely successful launch next year?

Jump inside to view what Pachter had to say on this.

Pachter: The Wii U is a pretty ambitious undertaking. It’s a new console, with new controls and architecture, but it’s not quite “next” generation. Developers have to contend with differences between the Wii U and current generation consoles, then have to figure out what to do with the controls. The timing is still up in the air, and as far as I know, there are no significant third party “exclusives”; instead, we’ll see iterations of third party games already on the market, which is unlikely to drive significant hardware sales. In order for the launch to be “hugely successful” (as your question phrased it), the console will need three things: a competitive price, compelling first party launch titles, and compelling third party launch titles. We don’t know if the Wii U will have any of these, so it’s quite difficult to predict a hugely successful launch.

I can agree with his view on this, Nintendo needs to keep up with the market in order to be successful with the Wii U. Their also other topics discussed in the interview such as the beef between Sony and Microsoft, Xbox Live TV and more so head over to Industry Gamers and read the rest of this interview.

Source: Industry Gamers