If I think about Regies's pleasant surprise for the price of the WiiU: It is also open, to whom it will be a pleasant surprise. Launching at 599 $/€ will for sure lead to parties ... at the HQs of MS and Sony.

"On November 28, 2006, Nintendo reported that it had sold over 600,000 consoles in the first eight days of launch in the Americas. Including the sales of accessories and games, Nintendo's Wii-related revenue had hit $190 million in its first week.^[42]

The Wii launched in Japan on December 2, 2006. Japan initially received 400,000 Wii consoles,^[43] with around an estimate of 370,000 sold in two days, with Wii Sports and Wii Play being the top two selling games.(...)

On December 12, 2006, sales data analysis firm Chart-Track and Nintendo confirmed with several press outlets in the United Kingdom that the Wii had become the fastest selling video game console in the region's recorded history, selling 105,000 consoles in its opening weekend, (...) Nintendo announced on the following day that the Wii had sold 325,000 units across Europe in its first two days of sale, making it the fastest selling console across the entire European continent.^[47]"

As you can see, that would be a very hard record to break.

True, it will be very interesting nevertheless to see what it comes down to. In my opinion, if the 3DS was able to top the DS with a higher price and with a lesser lineup, the possibilty of eclipsing the sales of the Wii at launch is still very plausible. Lifetime sales however, I don't think it will top the Wii. Marketing has alot to do with it as well, the Wii was fresh and new, so is the Wii U but not everyone sees it that way so its up to the marketing department to convery the message. What do you think? Can it beat it, be on par, or below? I'd like to hear your thoughst

I see the Wii U selling well LT. I think it'll get at least 80 Million.

However, the first year may be a little hard due to Nintendo's new "No Hype" Policy. (It's not really that but if you were to read the E3 discussion you would know what I mean.)

Though... we do have Mario at launch. It may be on par with the Wii due to it's great lineup.

At the moment all is possible. The WiiU could get off a good start, the competition fails and the WiiU dominates next-gen and will outsell the Wii. Or the WiiU start mediocre, the competition has some mind-blowing new features and the WiiU ends up third. For this worst-case I predict 50 million. The launch-lineup is good enough, that I think even a good competition will not get the WiiU under 50M.

30-50 million

Wii U will be an afterthought when the next gen consoles come out

This generation I can see it evening out. All consoles around 40-60 million, and no clear winner.

Yes will reach 70M Easy

Ridiculous fanboy prediction. Who is this moron and how does he makes such outrageous predictions.

Hey, im surprised to see you post such a positive prediction considering your leanings! Congratulations... even if you were totally wrong