Nintendo has announced that they are targetting the Wii U to sell 3.4 million units between April 1 2015 and March 31, 2016.  This is after having sold 3.38 million units in the past year.  To me this looks like Nintendo is actually hoping that the coming year will be the peak year for the Wii U.  The problem is that it took two of Nintendo's biggest franchises to sell 3.38 million Wii U units last year and Zelda U is no longer on the map for 2015.  What would make Nintendo think that they have any hope in selling 3.4 million units in the coming year with their current line-up and price-point?  Do you think there is something big planned that we do not know about?  Do you think this is a sign of life for the Wii U and that Nintendo may be planning to support it well past 2016? (it seems unlikely that Nintendo would have plans to replace the Wii U in 2016 if they are hoping for the next 12 months to be the Wii U's peak year).

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Its more likely Nintendo being poor are forecasting sales of their products once again.

pretty much this

Unless they release animal crossing or pokemon on wii u this holiday

they are not going to pass it.

only a price cut would make 2015 top 2014.
Id bet in near to 2,5M if theres no price cut.

Their forecasting for 3DS sales have been incorrect, so it could be the same with the Wii U. I doubt they'll do anything really big to try to boost sales for the Wii U

Weren't they close for the last FY? (i think 3.6mil targeted but had 3.3mil Shipped?)

OT: My guess is price cut and unlike Last holiday, Nintendo actually trying. (i mean no deals for anything last year!!!)

Could be but we will see. Maybe they will change it later or something but having something big would also make sense

Normally I would completely agree with you, but Nintendo was fairly close with their 3.6 million unit prediction in FY 2015.  They are also severely scaling back their predictions for the 3DS in 2016 (only 7.6M).  It just kind of makes me hopeful that Nintendo might have some actual rationale behind this 3.4 million prediction.  That said, you could be right as it would take an awful lot for the Wii U to meet this forecast (even MK8 and Smash couldn't quite hit 3.4 million and that was before a lot of core Nintendo fans owned the console).

3DS+wii U wont reach 10M.
they will have to sell lost of games and amiibos. And hope for mobile games sucess.

The most likely things to me would be a small price cut ($50), new bundles and a couple games that will appeal more to Japan (where Wii U has been slipping), which they've already started with SMTxFE and could continue with Animal Crossing or Galaxy 3 (which is more unlikely imo).