Did anyone predict Wii U to do this bad? If so, why?

[DarkRPGamer007]

As we all know, Mario Kart 8 is coming out this Friday. To get this thread out of the way since Mario Kart will probably help sales a lot and maybe set it on track, did you expect the Wii U to flop so bad up to this point? I never saw it selling as much as the original Wii, since I knew Nintendo wouldn't make the same splash with the Wii U as they did the Wii, but I never saw it being beat by a console only 4 months after the other one was released. Like I said, I never saw the Wii U outselling the Wii, but thought it would still bring in some strong sales at first and just continually grow. Your thoughts below