Wii U Will Be a Success, and here's why

[Dunban67]

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

binary solo said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
I think the wiiU will do fine. I still think it will make 20 million by the end of its life at the very least but again, I wont fully know till mk8 comes out

20 million for the whole generation and "will do fine" are not compatible. 20 million coming off a 100 million gen is an unmitigated disaster. The only reason people have re-set themselves to ~ 20 million is fine is beause Wii U is staring down the barrel of a sub 15 milion generation.

Wii U should do 20 million at the very least but to achieve a level of sales that qualifies as "fine", IMO, requires lifetime sales of 30+ million. N64 level sales is "fine" GC level sales is not.

Well... GC was profitable for them, they didn't lose much money but they weren't selling buildings either... With the wiiU, they were losing money but now, they are breaking even and it should be all profit from here... If the wiiU is a profitable investment for nintendo at 20 million and they dont suffer much losses at alll like they did with the gamecube, then I consider 20 million being fine. Its not great, its not good but its not bad either... I think Nintendo tries to do new things by taking some risks and when the risks don't pay off, they get something like the wiiU but if they pay off, then its something like the wii

They are not making a profit on the Wii u- see Iwatas comments in the Investor Q and A.   They are only making profit on remaining inventory from last year as they already wrote down the losses on those in last years reporting-  any newly manufactured Wii u s will be sold at a loss still