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retroking1981 on 01 October 2013
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Seece said:
johnlucas said:

After Nintendo killed WiiConnect24 instead of absorbing it into the Nintendo Network, Wii was essentially finished right then & there.
I said Wii would sell AT LEAST 240 million & it WOULD have if Nintendo kept striking with that console.
It was outpacing every record the PS2 ever made.
Inevitable that it would have been the best-selling home console of all time if Nintendo kept striking.

I now understand why they stopped striking with it.
Wii U will be the beneficiary of that 240 million number instead.
Wii U finishes The Revolution started in Wii.
John Lucas

It hit its peak well before Nintendo stopped supporting it, I dunno who you expect to believe this 240 million nonsense.

2008 was its highest year for sales then it dropped from there on out. It was getting amazing support in 2009/2010 yet sales still dropped.

Isn't the 3rd year the traditional year games consoles peak sales wise? I know PS3/360 really threw that rule out with window but didn't most past consoles peak in their 3rd years? 2008 was the Wii's 3rd so it makes perfect sense that it was its peak year to me.

Also most consoles traditionally have a 5 year cycle, so amazing support up until 2010 again makes perfect sense. This brings me to my opinion on the Wii U... it came out 1 year to late.

2011 is when that should have dropped, that way Nintendo would still have had some momentum. As it turned out they were largely irrelevant in the home console scene after Xmas 2010 and I think they lost a lot of potential Wii U sales to PS3/360.