Pachter - Next gen is last gen; projected console sales figures

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Mazty said

I think you summed it up by saying the Wii U "will" have 8th gen games. Releasing a console that should be next-gen without showing any next-gen games on it imo is a huge, huge mistake and honestly has fallen into the trap of being pushed aside for PS4/nextbox hype. 
Bluray for some folk may be a non-issue but I'm currently upgrading my DVDs to bluray and it'd be a major inconvienence not to have bluray on a console, which may be exacerbated by the nextbox if that gets bluray increasing the amount of bluray players in living rooms. 

Thanks for the clarification on shipped. Is there anyway of tracking this or just a waiting game until official numbers are released?

Oh I love blu-ray; almost all of my favorite movies are now released on the format and several of my favorite TV shows as well.  I just think that people are used to Nintendo consoles not having CD/DVD/BD playback like the competition offers.  It'd be nice, but I don't think it's something too many people expect from a Nintendo game system.  Regarding Microsoft, however, seeing as how they seem to be focusing on their new console being an all-in-one multimedia hub, I think it would be a glaring omission if it didn't feature blu-ray playback.

As far as Nintendo's numbers, no idea of how to track other than VGChartz or NPD data.