Has Wii U Reached Full Market Saturation?

[SJReiter]

I don't want this to sound like just another NINTENDOOMED post, but I think this is a discussion worth having. So yesterday we learned that the Wii U was up 10% in sales over last November. This modest bump came despite the fact that Smash Bros, one of Nintendo's biggest franchises, had just released. In addition, there seems to be more positive feelings around the Wii U lately, with the apparent strong 2015 lineup. There were also some great games that had been released throughout the year (MK8, HyWa, Bayo2, etc.). All of these factors should have led to the Wii U greatly increasing it's sales YoY, and yet, we only saw a 10% increase over what most people considered to be a pretty terrible 2013 holiday for the Wii U. I think it's worth discussing whether the Wii U has essentially reached the peak of it's market saturation, at least in the US. I mean, it's not like software sales have done poorly, with a 90% increase over last year. This indicates, however, that most of these software sales are coming from people who already have Wii Us, and these new games aren't really encouraging people to buy Wii Us. Obviously, the Wii U will continue to sell at some rate throughout it's lifespan, but I can't help but wonder if November 2014 was the month that officially confirmed that the Wii U basically reached the limits of it's market saturation in the US.