WU in 2015 VS Wii in 2009 VS GC in 2004 NPD sales

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N64 was the last "traditional" Nintendo console (ie: not relying on casual gamers) to do well in the US. The N64 shipped 21.9 million in the Americas versus 12.9 million for the GameCube ... so that was quite a hefty drop off.

Nintendo giving away the FPS market by not making a proper successor to GoldenEye/Perfect Dark hurt them big time.

GameCube looks good versus the Wii U, but that probably speaks more to how horribly the Wii U is doing.