With a WiiU final sale total figure in mind in maybe 3-4 years time, GC managed 21 million with some pretty fucking insane price drops, below average third party support (compared to zilch), and a weaker Microsoft. Iwata's pledging to more than double WiiU sales going forward and reach 9 million by March 2014, but a 7 million goal seems more realistic and even hard to achieve when you can already write off both April and May (and possibly June) from WiiU's fortunes. All this said and done, I could see WiiU coming in at 16-18 million when the plug is unceremoniously pulled, and even thats gonna be a real fucking fight.
Very low predictions Pie. I'd say 30-60 Million. Large area but IDK what the future holds.
Nintendo isn't coming off a downward trajectory, their brands were strengthened over the Wii era and I feel they
You are basically predicting that beyond last year and this year the WiiU will only sell another 6-8 million. Very harsh and I think using the Gamecube price is flawed as evidently its low price failed to make it relevant anyway.
I think the main competition will be the 3DS. Do I buy a WiiU or put that money to 3DS games?
But I still think at the start of this gen people will be surprised at the second round of support this Christmas from everyone but EA.
They won't pull the plug anyway. Thats really reaching.
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However if the 3DS gets 70-100M when all is said and done. And the Wii U is at 30-60M. A hybrid just seems like the way forward.
Next 3DS will be coming up to WiiU levels and without a major upgrade in TV resolutions - there just isn't much reason for Nintendo software in particular to need a major visual boost. But I guess we'll see.
It feels to me Nintendo is already going in that direction. If we look at tablets vs computers - maybe the market overall is.