Or alternatively. When they started to work on WiiU. They could have set up more internal development teams and started to farm out the work to good third parties with a proven track record.
There is no excuse for the lack of good software on WiiU apart from bad management.
Yup, very bad management caused by extreme hubris. Thinking that the reception at pre 3DS launch E3 meant people would be happy being gouged was arrogant and the had to go into extreme panic mode. Then seemingly thinking that due to Wii's succes they could basically do the same with Wii U tech/feature wise (minimum effort and expense on core tech but a wazzy controller) and third parties would be gagging to have their games on it.
They often feel like a company that's releasing their first console. Inexperienced and blinkered.
Yup. Basically a 360 lite would have been cheap for people and more port friendly.Their approach with the Wii really hamstrung them. They really should've done HD support last gen.