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MDMAlliance on 10 July 2013
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haxxiy said:
MDMAlliance said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:

I don't think Wii U will be that high, I think it will be around 12m.


12m would mean you expect the Wii U to sell as it has been for the next year and a half.


And that's pretty much what happened with the Gamecube ten years ago, even after Nintendo dropped the price to $99, released Mario Kart and Zelda and started the whole "who are you?" advertising.

Not saying it'll happen, but it's not that unreasonable.


I was just saying that if they really believe it will be around 12m, they are expecting the Wii U to not have any significant games to boost sales past its current state.  
So that would mean they wont think Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 8, 3D Mario, X, possibly Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, and more games that are bound to come before Jan 1 2015 will do the trick (plus a price cut).  
The thing is that the Gamecube and Wii U were in different situations, albeit they seem to struggle the same.  
Also, looking at gamecubes World Wide sales doesn't tell the entire story, look at it by region.  Gamecube DID sell in North America.  It did not, however, in Europe and Japan.  From what it looks like, Wii U is doing roughly the same in each region.