Is it enough to make the Nintendo fans who bought the 3DS invest in WiiU this holiday? If so, Nintendo will sell out completely:)

It seems impossible to edit a post here. I correct my own mistakes: Of course, I meant Nintendo is the most harmless... and I wanted to ad Thailand to the evolving countries in Asia.

Fight-the-Streets said:
Regarding the lifetime predictions of the Nintendo Wii U of John Lucas: I give you just one word: CHINA! In China, only since recently it's offically allowed to sell game consoles. Like everything, the Chinese government will scrutinize every game painstakingly and forbid or censor what they don't like. Guess who of the big 3 is the least harmless and therefore will be favoured by the government (don't underestimate this power)? It's Nintendo. It will take time. Probably not before 2020 they will start to sell big numbers over there. At a time, when we already play with the 9th generation. But the 9th generation will not be available in China by then or would be too expensive for the majority anyway. Please remember that China has a population of over 1.3 billion!

The same is true for India (current population: over 1.2 billion). Although they have an open democracy there, traditional (religious) rules still determine the life. Nintendo with its family friendly reputation will be favoured there.

What is true for India is also true for other evolving Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines.

Whatever will happen in the evolving (East-)Asian market, one thing is for sure: Microsoft will be the BIG LOSER! Although there's big cultural difference, rivalry and even historical burdening hate between some of the (East-)Asian countries, there was always something like the "East-Asian Alaya Consciousness". I don't wont to philosophize about that but in context it simply means: X-Box (all generations) is not sold by Japanese = X-Box is not sold by all (East-) Asians!

Ever heared about the BRICS states? The term stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. According to economists worldwide these are the 5 countries which will have the biggest economical leap in the next years. I already commented about two of them, China and India, for the other three, Brazil, Russia and South Afirca it's hard to predict if Nintendo will be on top there or Sony or even Microsoft. But in any case, Nintendo will add some nice numbers there in the future. In Brazil they already have a huge price advantage with the Nintendo Wii U over Play Station 4 and X-Box One.

If you think about all that deeply, suddenly John Lucas lifetime predictions for the Nintendo Wii U aren't insane anymore.

Reviews have been very good for Mario 3D World.
A 9 from Edge is really good!

"This is the most-next gen game 2013 has yet produced" BOOM! Super Mario 3D World DESTROYS THE WHOLE LAUNCH-LINE-UP of PS4X1 and will definitely ensure Wii U's turn around! I think Metacritics 93 is clearly enough!

cause one person's opinion is a cold hard fact, huh?

Also are you seriously happy it's better than launch window games, which are known to be in the trash - good range? 

Keep cool. Just look at the reviews..I'm not only backing on edge....watch the scores..90+...a lot of PERFECT scores! Killzone or Knack are far away from that ... btw what about the Xbox One? Why is the embargo holding so long? Isn't this a bit suspicious?

Embargo for what?

Xbox One game reviews?

They came out yesterday, Xbox One HW today, Forza tomo, Ryse friday.

Interesting about Ryse ^^ Not until launch day ...mmmhhhh....