FORTUNE: The game isn't over yet for Nintendo's Wii U

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Mummelmann said:

These articles have been written since it launched, the console is pretty close to two years old now; if there was ever to be a comeback, we would have seen some sort of signs of it already. An expected but rather short sales bump due to the biggest title ever to release on the platform is not such a sign.
The whole "software sells hardware" reasoning is highly stylized and a question of definition anyway (since consoles entirely without games would, of course, not sell at all).
Besides; even the Wii U's arguably biggest hit has tapered out, which makes it puzzling that so many are still hinging or lesser titles to perform miracles. The "but it's the complete software library that gains traction for hardware sales after a while" sentiments are also of little value when the hardware remains poorly planned and unappealing to the vast majority of both markets.

I wonder how long this discussion will continue, I have no doubts that someone will write a similar piece at this time next year and I'll probably repeat myself to no avail (like now).

This. So much this. It is puzzeling how Bayonetta and Hyrule Warriors are being used as pin ups as to why WiiU will do well this holiday. WiiU is down to 60k in the US, 2/3 months after Mario Kart. It doesn't matter that it's up 100% yoy, it's still 60k, which is an awful figure. So what the heck is Bayo and Hyrule going to do?

It's riding on Smash which will appeal to Nintendo fans and little else, casuals are not interested. So they'll be up again this holiday, but it still won't be enough to an acceptable amount sold.

I think come January most will conceed that 20m~ lifetime is what the console will achieve.