That's not totally true. USA is MS territory. There is no way in hell that Wii U sells more than the next X-box in NA. When it comes to Japan, it really doesn't matter, cause it's just a very small market. Europe is much more important here than Japan and so far Europe hates Wii U and likes Vita the most of all regions. Yes, Japan is the most important market when it comes to handhelds, but when it comes to home consoles, it's on the same level as "the rest of the world". So really nothing impressive. Wii sold 12.7 million, PS3 sold 9 million - really not that much. Vita is already at 1.16 million in Japan, even though it hasn't got any Japan-oriented games thus far - but these games are coming! Japan doesn't hate Vita, Famitsu's poll showed that it's the most desired console, it just need some games targeted at them. Some Japanese developers have recently released reports saying that all the copies of their Vita games were sold out and that digital sales were surpassing their expectations, so there is life in Vita in Japan. It will struggle more dur to MH, DQ and RE going to 3DS, but I hope they find a way somehow.

In Japan even a struggling handheld can sell more than an extremely successful home console. It's just the way that market works.

Thanks, now you're the... there's too many to count. That's how ridiculous this has gotten.

Hey, its not our falt that you fail to see the point: it could go either way for Nintendo, the 5th and 6th generation proves this. Their IPs might be impossible to beat in the handheld arena (well it all depends on what we mean by handheld, but when it comes to consoles they need a winning combination. Ever since the SNES they could not rely on software alone to dominate the hardware scene. The Wii was their only trully successful consoles, in the last 18 years, and it was anything but a classical consoles

I doubt the GameCube could've done nearly as "well" without Nintendo's First Party. It's a viable reason.

Yes... I doubt that Nintendo is hoping for another 1st party success story, that only manages to do GC numbers. Based on buzz the WiiU is mostly a N64 console, rather a new Wii. Based on a larger gaming community and a more dominant position last gen, the WiiU has the potential of doing over 50 million. But right now its more in line with a smaller LT number.