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Scharfek on 13 September 2014
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Seece said:

What WiiU games? Zelda U? It's never been on par with Mario Kart and Smash in terms of pushing hardware and selling as much. Other than that, nothing they have is a hardware pusher.

WiiU will not have those legs, it barely manages 3m a year in its infancy/peak, let alone 3 years down the line.

And until it actually starts selling more than Gamecube, the bearer of proof is on you to logically give reasons as to why it'll sell the way you've suggest it will.


The Wii U doesn't have many games that use the GamePad features very well. Nintendo Land would be the best example, but that is a mini game collection, very close to a tech demo... NSMBU, DKCTF, MK8 and Smash make very poor use of the touch screen, and Pikmin 3 is better played with the Wii Remote. Because of that, the controller has received a lot of criticism.

In 2015, Nintendo will launch Mario Maker, Splatoon and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and these three games were basically made with the Game Pad in mind. I think a line up with Mario Maker, Splatoon, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Woolly World, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Devil's Third, Mario Party 10, Zelda U, Star Fox U and possibly Fatal Frame V and Pokkén Fighters, combined with a price cut to $250 (maybe $200), is strong enough to make the Wii U peak in 2015.

I agree that the Wii U will probably not outsell the Game Cube though. In 2016 and 2017, I don't think the Wii U will receive many games, as Nintendo will have to focus on games for the next handheld, and sales will fall a lot.

I think:

2014: 9.5m LTD

2015: 14.5m LTD

2016: 16.5m LTD

2017: 17.5m LTD

2018: 18m LTD and discontinuation