Even without Zelda U, could 2015 be the WiiU's best holiday yet?

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Dunban67 said:

Soundwave said:

Zelda is not the third biggest system seller Nintendo has. 

Zelda fans just make a lot of noise on the internet, the only Nintendo console that had a Zelda game as one of its top 3 selling Nintendo games was the N64 with Ocarina of Time. That's it. 

EDIT: I just double checked this, and it turns out GoldenEye sold more on the N64, so Zelda: OoT isn't even one of the top 3 selling N64 games. 

Besides that IMO the term "system seller" gets thrown around way too much. There's very, very few games that actually move hardware en masse on their own. 

Wii Sports is one, Halo (OG XBox) would be another. Super Mario 64 was certainly another. Pokemon on Game Boy, yes. Final Fantasy VII on Playstation 1. GTA3 on PS2. Call of Duty on XBox 360, yup. 

The Wii U is going to sell 17-20 million ... somewhere in that range. It doesn't matter if Zelda releases tomorrow, a year from now, two years from now ... it's basically locked in to finish in that range. Something like Splatoon becoming the next Minecraft or Pokemon craze is the only type of thing that would change that. 

Until recently I my thoughts were Wii U lifetime (up to the release of the next Nintendo home/replacement console) would sell in the range you mentioned- 17-20 million-   now between the Zelda delay and the fact Iwata is openly talking about the next console by name (codename) I think it will end up in the 14-17   million range -  If they released Zelda this holiday, then the Wii U would have rcvd a nie holday Zelda bump-  but if they hold it for too long, particulary til the next console launches then those buyers will just buy the next console and forgo the Wii U altogether

Ya I'm thinking right around 15 million lifetime for Wii U