I would wait until competition comes out before I doom Wii U.

Sure it's not looking good for it right now, but wait to see how 720 and PS4 do its first year before I jump on that.

Meanwhile Vita already is facing its competitiors, so that's easier to say it can't recover.

what I want is irrelevant, I'm just saying what I think is going to happen.

Suuuure, flawless logic working here....

The sales numbers here are, at the very least, incorrect for the Wii U (Nintendo reported 3.06 million units sold within the first three months). Can't comment on the Vita.

At any rate, I would hold off on calling either one "disastrous" or "doomed" until we're at least a year into their life cycles. Remember, PS3 was selling worse than either of these within its first five months, and has now almost caught up to the 360.

Regardless, I would call the Wii U's situation much better at this point, simply because we know that sometime in the future (whenever Nintendo decides to get off their couch and do some work) the Wii U will have its share of good games. Pikmin 3, SSB4, a 3D Mario, a new Zelda, FE Crossover...all of these are games that have the potential to sell systems. The Vita doesn't really have that at the moment. The Wii U's situation will almost assuredly get better down the road (assuming Nintendo doesn't cancel everything), but the PS Vita...I dunno.

By "sell more units" I meant sell more units per software. Poor/misleading wording on my part.

who would expect the vita to out perform a nintendo console though,not sure whats happened to the WiiU sales following the massively successful generation winner the Wii,being judged like the PS3 did against the PS2,it's looking to come up a bit short,it will probably do better than half the fanbase though better than the PS3 hopefully for nintendo

While that's true, it's only half of the picture.  It's more complicated than that.

The Vita is struggling, but it's against a rival that had already found its groove before the Vita was even released.  The Wii U, on the other hand, is struggling against old systems, with it's same-gen rivals releasing later this year.  Those rivals are going to steal all the publicity and will probably blow the Wii U out of the water in terms of big third-party releases.

Yes, there are positives in the Wii U's situation but there are also negatives to consider.  

Oh, i'm not saying Nintendo can't blow it and make GC-type versions of their big first party games (semi-experimental stuff like Wind Waker or Mario Sunshine), but if Nintendo gets it right, then what the competition is up to shouldn't especially matter. You're not going to get Mario Kart on the PS4 or Fusion (?) no matter how much hype they run in on.

Nintendo could also screw up the promotion of said games, too, but if they really are determined to at least get the device in a respectable position, they should easily get at least their fair share this run.

both are performing like crap. But I think consoles are more mainstream than handhelds, so have your own conclusion ;)

Well, now I'm going to defend the WiiU and say that I'm pretty sure handhelds tend to sell better. Until this gen at least. So Vita is still doing shitty.