Good points. Now apply that same reasoning to PS4 and Nextbox - will they be as 'doomed', as the Wii U is?

You can use traditional controls on the Wii U. Plus it is very likely that it dominate Japan and get many decent JRPGs. So what do you say now, still don't care, because of an obvious bias?

same will happen as with the 3DS v Vita or as with Wii v PS360

we are looking at the same generation again

Well, PS3 does seem to have some regions locked down, e.g. in Europe, and maybe as you might be suggesting the UAE. Nintendo also has a region locked down Japan, at the moment, and I don't see it loosening its grip on there anytime soon. As for MS, the seem to have the Americas on lock, but sell like shit in Japan. So it's all relative and will be interesting to see how each attacks those markets that they are not that stong in. For example, is MS going to throw so many Nextboxes at Japan as it did for the 360 launch?  Ultimately, there will be no easy ride for MS, Sony, or Nintendo, they all will equally have to work hard as they all face their own peculiar reginal challenges.

I think Ubisoft is looking like that 3rd party that will make same great games. ZombiU was awesome, so much so that if I see ZU2 and RE7 in stores at the same time, I'm going for ZU2 first. The demo of Rayman Legends was fund so I'm looking forward to that in 2013, and whatever else Ubisoft has planned,...Beyond Good and Evil 2?

Yeah, some people seem to always measure the Wii U against the Wii sales (which no one would have predicted) but forget its dooing much better than PS360 when they launched. I hope when customers have to shell out $400 - $500 or more for the next MS and Sony consoles - in a time when WiiU is selling better with end of year must have games, and PS360 still being relevant - these same doom-callers can be found.

That's because Wii U was coming out, Nintendo is not crazy like Sony who always seems to cannibolise its own software and hardware sales. I think Nintendo actively killed the Wii and I belive also the DS, so that they don't compete with 3DS and WiiU. Now that Wii U has launched expect that Nintendo will alternate significant software releases between 3DS and Wii U for 2013. It would have silly for nintendo to have release any big titles for 3DS during Wii U launch, or made any other significant moves like bundles, or price drops for 3DS during that time. However, I expect such in 2013, a more agressive Nintendo.

I think its going to be Wii-U, cuz more games will come out and more will be announced, and if SSB4 ever gets released in 2013 well , Wii-U will sell alot!

Did Dreamcast launch first for the 7th generation, or last for the 6th? I remember when the Dreamcast came out it, they were advertizing that it significantly outperforms the N64.

PS2 and PS1 did well because they launched at the end of the prior generation, and first in the new generation, but that's not the only reason they did well. They were also amazing systems, and had a strong software library built in only their first year.

The X-Box 360 did not build a strong library in it's first year. I would even argue it's first AAA game was Gears of War, which released around the same time PS3/Wii did. Even without a strong library, this console did extremely well considering it's 50% fail rate. It made Microsoft a contender in the console market.

The reason why the Dreamcast did bad was because it launched too early. The Dreamcast was launched in Japan in 1998, 3 years after the PS1/Saturn, 2 years after the N64, 2 years before the PS2, and 3 years before the Gamecube. Smach between two generations. It released too early for the 7th generation.

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So as long as Nintendo can build a strong library before the NextBox/PS4 release, it will do great. Remember it didn't sell as well as Wii did in its debut, but sold out is still sold out.

Sony cannibolizes their own software and hardware sales? Explain that to me.

I doubt that Nintendo killed its own system, if they were planning on that, why release a Wii mini for $100 right when the WiiU released?

I agree Nintendo didn't push the 3DS outside of Japan during the WiiU launch (in Japan they released Animal Crossing, which is now the best selling 3DS game there), and I agree Nintendo will be much more agressive on both fronts in 2013, but this doesn't mean that there won't be a new Mario for 2013. 3DS already has 2 Mario platformers, Kart, and a RPG, it's unlikely that Nintendo will release anything Mario for the 3DS in 2013. However its very possible that Nintendo makes a 3D Mario Platformer, or at the very least a Mario Spinoff game (Like Mario Paty) for 2013.

I'm only arguing that it's also possible that Mario will be the only WiiU game for fall 2013. I doubt it, I bet you there will be a simultanious Smash Bros announcement at E3, and maybe something from Retro Studios for fall 2013, but it's possible.