Are Pikmin 3 FW sales proof enough for you that the Wii U is not doomed?

[VGKing]

Aielyn said:

VGKing said:
It doesn't prove anything, really. 22k is still really low and its unlikely to maintain even that level of sales. The game itself is also unlikely to have legs as it isn't a very popular IP and the install base is too low to support it.

We've seen it with Vita. It gets a semi-big game once in a while and it gets a nice boost only to drop back down to "normal" a few weeks later. What's the next biggest Wii U release that can actually make any sort of difference?

In Japan? Lego City Undercover releases in a week (LEGO games haven't sold well in Japan so far, but Lego City Undercover may perform better, as it's not based on a western film or franchise, and is releasing on a console with a relatively shallow lineup to date). Yakuza 1+2 HD Collection releases a couple of weeks after that (Yakuza 1 sold better than either Pikmin 1 or 2 in Japan, and Yakuza 2 is the best-selling, having sold nearly 1 million copies in Japan). Then The Wonderful 101 releases a couple of weeks after that.

We don't know the release schedule beyond the end of August, so I can't comment beyond that.

But what you may have missed is the fact that Nintendo began advertising the Wii U again with Pikmin 3 in Japan. So we're likely to see increased sales over a longer period, even before you factor in that Nintendo titles tend to have longer tails than other titles. I'd say we'll be seeing a good 12-15k in the next week's worth of numbers.

Yes, in Japan.

Lego doesn't sell well in Japan. Certainly won't make any difference in terms of hardware sales.
Neither will Yakuza. I doubt that game will even sell well on Wii U at all.
Wonderful 101 seems like a niche title. But it might do well. 

If a heavily promoted 1st party Nintendo title couldn't push many systems how could any of these?