As early as right after E3 2012 I expected sales to be quite low for WiiU during the first 12 months. Not as disastrous as they have been though, but still quite low. My reasoning was that Nintendo didn't show enough muscles to win over those who had turned their back on them this generation. However, even more alarming was the fact that they didn't seem to have a well concieved strategy to keep those who had adopted the Wii concept. In other words, WiiU as it was perceived at ES 2012, was a product without an immediate and clear audience. Such products meet great market challenges when released.

I must say though, to Nintendo's defense, that I as a consumer find WiiU to be more rewarding product than shown in sales and market share. It definately has its share of entertainment value, but it is too complicated to market as an idea.

I still believe WiiU has great market potential though. It still has potential to become a success story. But time is running out on the Big N.

I expected worse than the PS3. I win.

I thought it would sell around 7 million in its first year...

I'm getting really worried about Nintendo.

I was expecting SNES-like sales for the Wii U. My lifetime prediction was even 40-50 million....

Well since I wasn't here this time last year, or even the most part of the last 12 months lol, but I honestly expected the Wii's install base to help it hold it's own somewhat, but instead, the Wii U just blended right in with the Wii itself and got swept under the radar.

Easy come, easy go I guess.

I think the big issue is the naming... If they named it the wii2 or something like that... it will be able to easily sell since the wii was so successful but since its called the wiiU... its hard for people to understand that its a new console cause of that U

theres a marucha post in there :)

:( rip

I was confident... till E3 2012. Went downhill after that. The metro last light comment killed it: "the wiiu CPU is slow and horrible". That was the moment that i realised that wiiu will not get decent ports.

I originally thought about 10 million by the end of 2013 but now im thinking more like 7 million

i think few expected it to do as bad as it did. I know i didnt, i figured it could at least ride the wave of the Wii name