Folks seem to be ignoring one very simple fact.
Gamecube had fairly strong third party support, and in it's first two years, I'm not sure there was a single month where at least ONE (usually more) retail titles came out for it. Nintendo's support in the first two years was also very strong. But that third party support filling out the release slate was a WAY different situation than Wii U is facing.
Having said that, yes, I do believe Wii U can and will outsell GC and even N64, based on the fact that franchises like Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Animal Crossing, etc., have much more mainstream popularity now compared to then. And Nintendo knowing the position their console is in, they will no doubt "pull out all the stops", as much as they can, to make sure the system levels out and does well sales-wise. Keep in mind that Nintendo also has a lot more money to potentially throw around than they did in the GC era, thanks to the massive success of DS and Wii.
Regardless, this thread is just another in the millions of various NIntendoom threads posted every month around here. SOS.
