No, it's not a "waste" if it's still being highly used. There's heavy traffic on all of their servers. Now, of course, we're not paying for it, but it's hardly a corporate waste if that's where half of the users are.
I don't believe for a second that the WiiU sales had "nothing to do with it", unless you show me some solid evidence that isn't Nintendo blubbering over sales or whatever. If they truly are shutting them down for reasons other than money, then that's ****ed up.
It is being wasted because 70% of Wii users have moved on to WiiU or other consoles.
I'm not saying the entire online play is wasted, I'm stating that they're shifting their profits onto the WiiU.
The WiiU might not have sold better than the Wii, but then again take a look back at Wii sales.
The Wii didn't make top sales at launch. Neither did the WiiU. Who is to say that won't change, like the Wii.
My point is, they are shifting profits onto WiiU services. It sucks but oh well.
I'm excited to see new WiiU services!