Wii U hardware no longer sold at loss, apparently

[Asriel]

Pavolink said:

Asriel said:
Shouldn't be too difficult to post a profit next year, then...

Same guy tweeted that Iwata ended the briefing by saying that the 3.6 million target is conservative and not Wii U's peak sales:

Iwata - the WiiU forecast of 3.6m don't think it is peak, wanted to be more conservative this year. Meeting ends.

— David Gibson (@gibbogame) May 8, 2014

No point in forecasting 3.6m if they expect to sell more. Lies.

I'd wager they're being conservative because of how badly wrong they've been with previous forecasts. At this point, given how many estimates and sales guidances they've got wrong, Nintendo's management can't be sure of their reading of the market. A conservative estimation is a reflection of that; Nintendo can't be certain their software and ideas are going to improve the situation for Wii U beyond the modest bump forecast.

They can always revise these figures. It wouldn't exactly be unprecedented.