I was calling for Nintendo return to domination back before the Revolution was released and I was right http://www.dailytoreador.com/archives/article_d160d55c-67b9-56c8-9cab-9b1a24132d5b.html .  I am feeling that Nintendo will be the sales leader next gen in both home and hand held consoles.  Anyone else feeling this?  I'll expand this op more later with my reasons but I'm feeling the tablet craze will be the main cause for success for the Wii U.  Many other factors to include also like they are releasing first (doesn't always matter but helped Microsoft decently this gen), strong first party support, seems like 3rd party might jump on, decent consumer price point (Nintendo will not price their system out of the pocket book of most consumers), etc...

Edit - Changed my mind about making the op better.  If you care to add whatever you think might set Nintendo up for success or failure then please go ahead.

Handheld yes. One game changed everything in Japan, and COD probably won't change much in the US. So it's pretty much locked.

Consoles... impossible to tell, but Wii U has a lot of potential.

I have more confidence in the Wii U than I did for the Wii.  However, that was because Nintendo was at a low point in the home console market.  Pretty much you can't fuck with Nintendo in the hand held market.  Props to Sony for trying and creating their own user base.  Competition is always good (unless they work together to set prices).

Hey, that was a semi major point but I just expanded my op to the debate level of a 16 year old.  You should check out my new points.  Besides Nintendo wrecked shop this gen with a budget console and a "gimmick".

Nope.

Consoles will be dominated by Microsoft.

Handhelds will be DOMINATED by Apple.

Ah shit I forgot Apple was in the hand held market.

Umm no.. Wii U still isn't comnvincing, and i'm an avid nintendo fan :/

I just threw the word gimmick in there as Sony PR but I really do believe the Wii was a budget console (consumer friendly price, under 300 at launch).  The only system that Nintendo has released that was overpriced would probably be the 3DS.  I can't think of any other system that they released for hand held or home console that didn't have a decent consumer price point.  I suppose you can throw the Virtual Boy in too expensive but that was more of a lack of failure of the system than the price.  If Nintendo prices their system over 300 then I'll worry.  If it is 300 or under then that is a perfect price point for a new home console system these days. 

I was practicing my quoting deletion that we talked about in make VGC a better place.  I was trying to reduce clutter.  I agree with you on that first party titles have to carry Nintendo consoles considering depending on 3rd party companies would be a losing strategy (3DS already proved this).  You are right about the word budget.  How about I use the word normal/regular price?

The Wii upset a lot of core fans but brought in a larger but now stagnating demographic of new more casual oriented fans. I'd like to imagine there are more potential sales from casuals than from core video game players, so price the thing at $299 and have it out a year before the competition and it's over. The core will slowly creep back once they see the motion gaming nightmare is over.