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YoyOne on 22 July 2014

2012- [+2.25m] 2.25m
2013- [+3.11m] 5.36m
2014- [+4.89m] 10.25m (smash bros, holiday boost and mk8 influence on first christmas)
2015- [+6.55m] 16.80m (amiibo having some success, Zelda, Xenoblade, Splatoon)
2016- [+4.70m] 21.50m (amiibo's influence still strong, maybe a new Wii Fit, Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem ?)
2017- [+3.00m] 24.50m (when it will pass up GameCube if it does)
2018- [+1.30m] 25.80m (Wii U's successor release)
2019- [+0.50m] 26.30m (Wii U's last year of production)



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WhiteEaglePL on 22 July 2014

2014: 10m
2015: 17M
2016:25M  (peak.)
2017: 30m

2018: 36M

end of 2018 : new  homenconsole

end of 2017: new handheld console

that would be for a 6.5 year cycle.



Intrinsic on 22 July 2014

  • 2012- 3.06M
  • 2013- 5.86M
  • 2014- 9M 
  • 2015- 16M (Price drop and Zelda)
  • 2016- 22M
  • 2017- 28M (another price drop)
  • 2018- 32M (new console announced and/or released)
  • 2019- 34MM (new console definately released)


fleischr on 22 July 2014

how about 200 floppity-jillion by the end of 2018? UNITY



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

zorg1000 on 22 July 2014
etking said:
I think the successor will already arrive 2015 or 2016.

2012- 3.06m

2013- 5.86m

2014- 10.00m (smash bros and holiday boost)

2015- 15.00m (Wii U's peak year with Zelda and Xenoblade and some unannounced AAA games)

2016- 18.00m (Nintendo Fusion is released)

2017- 20.00m (becomes almost dead)

2018- 21.00m (Wii U's last year where its now dead)

2019?- 21.50m (Wii U is dead)


There is no way in hell the successor releases in 2015 with all the games they already have announced for it, 2016 is possible tho.



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zorg1000 on 22 July 2014

2012-2.25
2013-3.15/5.40
2014-4.10/9.50
2015-5.30/14.80 (peak year, better baseline, less droughts, price cut to $199)
2016-3.20/18.00 (successor released this holiday)
2017-1.50/19.50 (price cut to $149)
2018-0.50/20.00 (discontinued)

Basically selling as well as Gamecube



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ExplodingBlock on 27 July 2014

2012- 3.06m

2013- 5.86m

2014-9.5m

2015-15m

2016-20m

2017: 27m

2018: 35m



ExplodingBlock on 27 July 2014
Cyrus said:
2012 - 3.06m
2013 - 5.86m
2014 - 9.40m
2015 - 21.70m Due to Zelda, Xenoblade, Yoshi, etc.
2016 - 47.84m More AAA titles + Tons of Indies and JRPGs
2017 - 56.55m
2018 - 63.73m Nintendo Fusion is released
2019 - 70.02m WiiU stops being supported


Those are some BOLD predictions you got there



garretslarrity on 27 July 2014

2012- 3.06m
2013- 5.86m
2014- 10m
2015- 15m (peak year)
2016- 19m
2017- 22.5m
2018- 24m

Still beats the GameCube.



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Dunban67 on 27 July 2014
AnthonyW86 said:

2014 - 9.6 million(beating Nintendo expectations)

2015 - 14.3 million

2016 - 17.2 million

2017 - 18.9 million(successor launched)

2018 - 19.5 million

2019 - 19.8 million


I'll go w your numbers -   Mine might have been a little less front loaded but the end result is dead on IMO very realistic