Wii U sales trend may be just as expected if we look at Nintendo's home console sales.

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I already knew about the trend and the fact the Wii was an early burn out fluke for years, but what's really interesting to me when I look at the numbers now...

Although the SNES was only about 82% of the NES, the N64 was only about 65% of the SNES, and the Gamecube was only about 65% of the N64. Those last two being the same just seems like a really strange coincidence at first.

But what's really shocking is the numbers you gave for the Wii U and Gamecube aligned: 6.25 is about 65% of 9.55. At least so far, the Wii U is also only achieving about 65% of what its predecessor did!

If the 65% trend really did continue, that would bring the Wii U's lifetime to about 14 million, which realistically is impossibly low. Still, really interesting trend with the 65% there...