January 2013 NPD Thread - 360: 281k, Wii U: 57k, PSV: 35k

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DirtyP2002 said:

You should not judge Nintendo before their biggest franchises released (Mario Kart, Wii Fit U, 3D Mario, Smas Bros, Zelda). But the start is a nightmare.

All but one of those appeared on the Gamecube and did not make it a big success. GC also had better early third party support.