yeaouch,. but hilarious.   i found my post and i was pessimistic but not nearly pessimitic enough.   :P

he certainly does. its a strong prediction and he saw the WiiU having low sales when most believed it wouldnt, heck even our own benV was WAY off!! but i would like to note that the gen isnt over and WiiU has been on the market for just a year, it can still turn things around. (even though personally i dont think it will do so to a point where it would sell over 40 Million)

No Nintendo console has ever reached anywhere near that without decent third party outside of the Wii.

80-90 million in what 20 years?

Golden post.

That's not a fact :(

To be honest this thread is more depressing than amusing. The hype for next gen and the Wii U was so strong back then. Makes me worried for both new systems.

To be fair, this was before MS actually named it.  And honestly, 720 sounds better than Xbox One.  Of course, I doubt they would have called it that, as it would have just pointed people's attention to the fact a lor of their games are 720P, while the PS4's are mainly 1080P.

@ OT

Damn, even I wasn't pessimistic enough.  I said 60M.  There's still a chance that Nintendo gets their act together and really pushes the Wii U, but I think the damage is already done.

What kind of question is that?

And I'll man up, that was a dumb prediction, and I was way off the mark. At the time, I did not assume Nintendo was going to up and abandon the Wii audience/Wii philosophies and regress so heavilly back to the Gamecube style niche games. As of now, seeing what I've seen, I'd say anywhere from 30-50 million, depending on if Nintendo decides to return to the Wii/ oldschool type games that made the Wii the success it was.

By the way, was this REALLY necessary to bump?? This was a harmless prediction, it's not like I was trying to rip on the other consoles or something. And considering how the Wii U's predecessor performed, could you really blame me for this opinion.. Way to rub salt in the wound. And now I'm sure I'm gonna hear it from other people calling me out for this, now that you've brought it to the surface. I'm sure you've never been wrong in your life..

Thanks, guy! I really appreciate it.

Epic bump lol.

The people in here enjoying the Nintendo fans looking like fools and/or the failures of Wii U need to take a good long look in the mirror and wonder where they are at as people and where their priorities lie..

Its too early to tell, for any of the consoles. My early prediction for it is SNES numbers of around 50 million, but I think it all come down to how early/late Nintendo pulls the plug on it.