It's not a fact, but I wouldn't bet against it. Nintendo pulled the plug very soon on the gamecube (it was practically dead after 2004), and it could only achieve that number after the price was dropped to 99€/$ after just a year or so. Also, the gamecube already peaked by this time while the Wii U is up yoy. All this means the Wii U is starting to catch up, albeit very slowly yet. If no new console comes out next year (which I'm pretty sure it won't), the Wii U will catch up and pass the cube in 2017 or early 2018 (and I think only that year the successor of the Wii U will come, although it can already come in 2017)

It is truly sad that the Wii U arguments have devolved into: "How dare you say the Wii U will sell 20 million? You're definitely a hater cuz it'll sell 26 million."

Are you hearing yourself? Even if the Wii U sold 26 million rather 20 million, it is still horrendous in terms of sales. Just hope they can make some profit.

Ehh... Nintendo should cut the price by $100 already. They have enough must-have first party software on the market to make back anything they lose because of the cut. This could actually liven up the sales and bring some good will back their way.

It depends on why the PS4 would be filing in that scenario. If it's because SONY's exclusive end up underwhelming like The Order 1886 did then yes, Xbox ONE would profit way more than the Wii U. If however it's cause is the multiplats who continue to underwhelm or simply not meet the hype like Watch_Dogs and Assassin's Creed Unity did, then both the Xbox and the Playstation would be equally hurt by it and the Wii U would become the main benefactor.

I do agree however that a price of 129$ is ludicrous, I don't see it ever going below 199$, and that's not just due to the gamepad.

Price isn't the Wii-U's problem, clearly, considering that it has remained the cheapest console ever since the other 2 launched. It's not games, because it's got plenty of them, including it's two biggest ones that were pretty much it's last hope at finally picking up some traction. It's just such a poorly viewed product. Nintendo did a terrible job marketing it, deciding it's name, and making good on their original E3 2012 promises. The Wii-U's problem is that, at the end of the day, very people actually want to be bothered with it, outside of the most diehard Nintendo fans.

The idea that the Wii-U will not outsell the GC comes from the fact that it's been tracking far below the GC with their aligned launches. Nintendo thought they could retake the world by storm, like they did with Wii, but they failed. End of Story.

Definetly true.

At the same time, the extreme lack of faith of some people on the internet and in general into the Wii U might push someone to point out some flaws in their arguments. It doesn't help however it the own arguments are just as flawed or simply not explained enough for the other side to get why his point is any better (which is why I tend to give some lengthly explanations myself)

I see Wii U dropping to $199 at much, and that would be around mid/late 2016.

OP sure made the most out of his time back; all 1 hour of it

New topic: what will be the higher number?
A) WiiU lifetime sales
B) OP's ban count

LOL @ Wii U having a "vastly superior" library than the GC. Where is this superior library everyone keeps talking about?