Reggie explains why the WiiU underperformed.

[BMaker11]

Goodnightmoon said:

BMaker11 said:

And how much did they sell in dedicated devices in prior gens, and this gen?

Exactly. They're on the decline outside of that one gen. I'll give the DS credit, because its due. It had some of the best games on handheld, ever. Can't say the same for Wii.

And, they are lose brand power, in terms of consoles. I think you glanced over the fact that I said "they should still make handhelds". But their consoles? They've been declining since the NES, with the exception of the Wii, whose success won't is unlikely to be repeated.

Nes - 62m
Snes + GB - 135m
N64 + GBC - 65m
GC + GBA - 100m
Wii + DS - 250m
WiiU + 3DS - 80m (When is all done)

When you combine the sales there is no pattern, no overall decline but a fluctuation.

One number still doesn't look remotely close to the others, though. And all this really shows is that handhelds are keeping Nintendo afloat (and as I've said before, twice now, they should keep making handhelds), because the consoles are declining in sales. No debating.