I have seen a ton of adds for Wii U and have been impressed. Most of the adds are kids to upgrade from Wii to Wii U. Ithink that is agood way to target Wii owners who were ready to buy another console. The next gen hype has to be spilling over to the WiiU also.
End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)
Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases
360- 37 million Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak
PS3- 29 million Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut