Pachter says the Wii U optimistically will sell around 40- 45 M units LTD.

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pezus said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

pezus said:
I would say that's probably my low end (40m). This won't come near 100m though like Wii. So I'll say 40-80m, depending entirely on Nintendo games.

Did you factor in third party support? Nintendo was only the market leader because of casual appeal. Pachter said himself, the majority of the people who initially bought the Wii U judging by game sales were core Nintendo gamers. The rest own other consoles, which resulted in low support for games like Call of Duty.

I think I can see already where the 3rd party support is going, so this depends entirely on 1st party support. If they can make another Wii Sports-like game, 80m is possible.

 

Without the same casual crowd, I dont see 80 m happening at all.