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Materia-Blade said:
sc94597 said:
Materia-Blade said:

One can predict wii u will sell any number while thinking ps3 won't cross 90m.

Sure I can make the claim the Wii U will sell 6 billion. Doesn't make it a  rational nor logical prediction. We can make decent assumptions based on historical data. 

Historical data says wii u still has some years left with good support and hasn't gotten a good price cut yet. Meanwhile, ps3 is almost 9 years old and continuously declining. with the current sales, it's an impossibility for ps3 to reach wii numbers, but wii u can still reach and exceed your example.

Yet it also says that Nintendo consoles tend to peak around their second (Gamecube) or third year (most of their other consoles.) With a Nintendo home console likely releasing in late 2017 it is unlikely that the Wii U will have longevity to make up for its very likely decline in sales. If it maintained the sales of this year (which will probably be something like 4.5 million at most - it will take three and a half years to reach its goal.) That is IF it maintained 2015 sales and 2015 sales are at their upper-end.