How much hardware does Nintendo need to sell per generation to remain relevant?

[Koinzell]

It really was quite when it comes to all the "Nintendo is Doomed" stuff. But, on various Websites, the pessimistic News and Posts are coming back. The Problem is, everyone seems to be an Expert nowadays and pricks like Pachter are making the situation even worse. The truth is, we don't know what's going on behind the curtains of Nintendo. They do have a lot of money on the bank, so they can effort a loss. But dooming the 3DS Era is absurd. The DS and the Wii sales were gigantic, it's not that of a miracle that, after a slow start, the 3DS will not reach these numbers. Over 50 million sold units, and the New 3DS is on it's way, isn't that bad. The Playstation 4 receive currently this miracle the Wii reiceived. Without any relevant Software selling units like S***.

I really was happy not seeing these stupid "Nintendo will go Third Party" comments the past months. We are pretty far away from that. And as someone said before, you can't compare Nintendo to Multimedia Companies like Sony or Microsoft. Also Sony is making a heavy loss on most of it's brands, it's the Playstation Brand which helps them to stay steady.

The Wii U will, and that's clear, not be remebered as Nintendos most successfull System. It's still a great Console though, and I think the Wii U will sell better compared to the GameCube. Speculating and such stuff really is cool to some point, but all these "Nintendo is Doomed" debates became very predictable.

I think Nintendo don't have to worry about anything in the future. But there is a System which really have a terrible fate. It's the Vita. Own about 50 Games, it's one of my currently favourite Systems and it's selling about 2000 units in the US per week and most of the average Gamer thinks Persona 4 Golden is the only available Game.