lol sure most consoles start off slowly and usually don't sale more then 30 million  , where are the numbers to prove your theory cause i can't find any, we do know the first playsation was selling well enough for sega to call it quits after a year on the market with the saturn.

As of 9/30/2012, they had 30 billion Yen Operating Loss, if they pulled the same number again in 3rd quarter, currency gain of about 40 billion Yen will turn them positive.  But 3rd quarter was big for 3DS and even DS and Wii sold better than expected.  Wii U's drag has gotta be fairly limited right?

1.  The X-Box 360 sold poorly because of shortages?  Then why did monthly sales stay below 500K for about a year?  The 360 wasn't particularly hard to find after a little while, yet there wasn't any sort of surge. Even in its second december on the market, the X-Box 360 only sold 2,000,000, or 300K more than the Wii U did in its first December, and by then, any supply issues were undoubtedly worked out.  Three Decembers in?  The system was at 2.1 million.  Stop making up this imaginary massive demand for the 360.  Even if Microsoft made a gagillion 360s at launch, it would have maybe sold 2.5 million its first holiday season.  That would put it pretty much right in line with the Wii U, and that figure is being quite generous.

The 360 didn't sell that strongly for the same reason the Wii U didn't sell very strongly.  It didn't have a lot of games, since you know, it just launched.  As libraries get better, consoles sell better. 

2.  It's not a matter of when they came out, it's a matter of exclusivity.  Nobody with any bit of common sense would expect BLOPS 2 or AC3 to be exlusive.  Please try and explain to me the thought process of a customer who goes out to buy a Wii U to play Assassin's Creed or Black Ops 2.  They're not system sellers, and nobody with any shred of common sense would expect them to be.

3.  Yes, Nintendo games will sell the console.  Nintendo has so far released 3 first party games, and only one of them from an established franchises.  Nintendo has developed a much broader appeal than they did in the Gamecube days. Mario Party, Lego City Undercover, Brain Age, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, etc.  Not to mention the potential for new franchises.  Basically you said, "well if every Nintendo gamer didn't rush out on day one for New Super Mario Bros U, clearly nothing will ever make them buy a Wii U in the history of ever."

Judging by Q4 2012, US YEN reached 82 and EUR YEN reached 110 and they posted an exchange gain of 25.9 Billion. Hence, if one takes the data for Q3, the US YEN was nudging at 85 and EUR YEN at 115, we can safely assume the 30 billion yen loss will nullified. In addition, software wise, judging by VGChartz, DS and Wii Software sales have both exceeded the forecasts Iwata put forth of 37 and 50.5 respectively.

On the comment of Wii U, didn't Iwata say that they already booked the loss in Q2 for Wii U hardware as they started production in the Summer? Hence, the bigger loss compared to Q1 even though 3DS returned to profitability?

''Due to factors such as the case that the “WiiU” hardware, which started to be manufactured in this September quarter, will have a negative impact on Nintendo’s profits''

I never said 360 sold amazing, i said it always put up decent numbers in the us, now the wii u with out being in supply constraint sold 475,000k in december, show me a december 360 sold that bad or even close to that bad, there only one december and its only cause it was sold out at launch and who in the world expects a system to sell 500k a month in the us, good sales would be from 240,000 to 350,000 in a system's first year

If it was simply a matter of supply constraint, then you would have expected to see some kind of surge once the supply chains righter themselves.  That's what you saw with the Wii since it was actually a matter of supply constraint.  Demand for the Wii was high, so sales stayed high throughout its entire first year.  The 360's sales for its first year were average to below average.  If the X-Box 360 had really high demand, sales throughout its first year would have been higher.  The sales pattern just doesn't show that this was a system in high demand at the time.

In its first holiday season (November and December) the Wii U sold 930 K.  In its first holiday season, the 360 sold 558 K.  These are only US numbers.  The X-Box 360 hit 960 K at the end of its first February.

So were the supplies still constrained until the end of February?  And how exactly did you come to the conclusion that the actual demand for the 360 was nearly twice what its sales reflected?  Why did it take the X-Box 360 nearly 4 months to reach what the Wii U did in 2?

here is an artcile talking about january 2006 npd  http://www.gamespot.com/news/january-game-sales-slumber-6144188, you asked why did it take 360 4 months instead of 2, the anwser is simple, its because the 360 was completly sold out on the biggest shopping holiday of the season, it sold every unit it had availble, they lost sales, for refrence the orginial xbox sold 1.4 million compared to wii u 850,000 in the same 2 month time frame, you can sugar coat it all you want but 360 probably lost at a million in sales cause it idid'nt have enough units for the holiday shopping season.

Well in all honestly its launch line-up is worse than both of those consoles.

Its headlines are a good but completely pedestrian Mario, Nintendo Land which nobody "gets",BLOPS2 which is available EVERYWHERE else, and a too-little-too-late Zombie survival that just doesn't deliver on what it promised.

GameCube had Rouge Leader and Luigi's Mansion, both of which were graphically very impressive, quite fresh in gameplay, and used the new controller in great ways.

The Wii had Wii Sports and Zelda, promising both casual and hardcore fun with the already famous new controls.

In my loca gamestop, Black ops 2 for wii u cost €70....ridiculous.