Weak European sales for Wii U were guaranteed after they announced the pricing, and once software pricing became clear, it was just confirmation that the Wii U wouldn't perform well in Europe.
In the near future I expect Nintendo to drop the basic, and lower the price of the premium to the basic price. Those American figures are weaker than expected and Japanese figures slightly better than expected. Nintendo need to stop being so bullish with their expectations, too: constantly revising your unit sales estimates down is not good business.
Pikmin 3 needed to be quarter one, really, to give more of Nintendo's base in Europe a reason to adopt Wii U, and Q2 releases while not nailed down, should at least be announced. The fact Wii U releases disappear after March with the exception of Pikmin 3 for Q2 and Bayonetta 2 for some point in the future is not a good signal to send to prospective customers, especially in your historically weakest home console market.
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