The Wii has already sold 74 million consoles. If it doesn't sell a single console from here on out, it's still a major success in my book. It outsold Nintendo's previous best selling console, the NES, and is coming off the dismal sales of 22 million for the Gamecube.
When it's all said and done, the console will sell at least 100 million, which matches the highly successful PS1, with far worse third party support than the PS1 had.
With that said, it's very dissapointing that Wii couldn't keep its momentum for longer and reach its full potential. I think the main reason, besides the lack of third party support, is that Nintendo simply didn't take advantage of its peripherals with more games that utilized them. Where are all the motion plus and balance board games? I think Wii buyers were anticipating these types of games, as well as extentions of Wii Sports/Warioware mini games that are both rich in content and really take advantage of the unique controls. Hopefully Nintendo will learn its lesson for its next console.
I just worry that Nintendo may have tarnished their image with the end of the Wii's life cycle and that it may be difficult for them to keep all of these customers with its new console who were let down by the wasted potential of the Wii. I predict the next console being the Super Nintendo equivilant of the Wii - more fleshed out core games, better graphics, more charished by the core gamers, but probably a decline in sales as Nintendo once again begins to drift away from the expanded audience and move back to the core gamer.
