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

[DanneSandin]

I always watch pach-attack, and he really does have some points. If the PS720 is a major leap, Wii U won't get much 3rd party support and therefore sell less. It's really quite simple. But I'd say that 40m is the low end of sales for the Wii U, and not 25m as the pachter claims. I'm expecting roughly 225-250m HW sales at the end of this gen, and for the Wii U to only get roughly 10% of those sales are quite astounding!