I'm waiting till Nintendo dishes out its big first party titles before making any lifetime predictions. If Nintendo's games can't boost the U to success, nothing will. At first, I thought Nintendo made a big mistake releasing such an underpowered console, but lately I've been thinking that even if Nintendo released a powerhouse like the PS4, they probably still wouldn't get much support. The sales for the U might've have been even worse due to the higher price point "power" consoles have. It could be that a Nintendo console kept alive by first party, unique gameplay, and a low price point is the best way for a Nintendo to be at least mildly successful in the long run. Not necessarily in units sold, but in profits. Only time will tell.

Game cube had these game too, look how well that turned out. While it might have been decent for Nintendo, is certainly didn't help the company grow.

Now are they Doomed? No, not by a long shot. but it would be helpful for Nintendo to stay relevant if they had 3rd party support and a mix of core and family attitudes.

It's funny 'cos Nintendo are the only ones consistently profiting vastly from every gen. Unlike both Sony and Microsoft, who -even though PS3 and X360 are profitable right now- have lost billions on their gaming divisions, overall.

N64 and Wii had them as well right? Soooooo... lol Those games will help, we wont have another GC imo!

Well N64 got beat pretty bad too, although better than Gamecube it was still pretty much a let down from Nintendo. And we all know why wii did so well, which those gamers aren't coming back this time around. 3rd party support is important no other way to spin it. Cause at the end of the day all you have to relay on is the core. Casual's come and go like the wind.

So PS4 and 720 will sell 85mil each, or more, but the Wii U won't reach 20mil?

These article writers just go for the hits, and that's sad really. The article isn't really based on anything solid, at all really. Everyone is getting all worked up but when the big games come out, it should sell fine by brand name alone. You can say its not the case for the GC, but that argument has been raised several times.

For now, it's far too early to call. Why do people not see what happened with the 3DS, and think maybe sales will pick up? It's not strong now, but as we have nothing to base it on (who is to say the other consoles won't be struggling the same amount?), we can't really say anything for certain.

Except one thing. Nintendo will not be going multiplatform. Not now, not ever.

Why is there an ongoing assumption that the ps4 / 720 is going to come in and dominate? Sony is on the verge on bankruptcy, they literally had to sell their buildings in NYC & Japan, just to be able to survive. And microsoft has consistently played "me-too", & basically never originated anything new or substantial on their own (kinect wasn't even developed internally at microsoft). So basically- somehow Sony & Microsoft will unveil these incredibly powerful consoles which will be super affordable & go on to sell a combined total of 170million units? You've got to be freakin' kidding me. More likely they will release consoles which are watered-down PCs, but too expensive for the mass market, & both will sell miserably (worse than the wii u). The economy is currently much weaker than in 2005/06 during the start of the last generation, a $400-500 console will basically be dead-on-arrival. Look at the Vita & compare it to the PSP, it's doing absolutely horribly. By the time the ps4 / 720 are released, the wii u will look very affordable & have a decent line-up of software. They will snatch up the majority of families / casuals / female players / & any respectable "hardcore" player will own a wii u to play Nintendo 1st party software. The 720 / ps4 will basically fight once again for the FPS junkies / graphics whores (although most will switch to PC at a certain point). Nintendo will inevitably come out on top once again, & all the very loud Nintendo-haters on the internet will be scratching their heads wondering how they could be so wrong. As further proof of this theory, compare the 3ds sales to the Vita.

Another eh?

Funny, Nintendo's apparently crippled every generation, yet they remain the only hardware maker to actually turn a profit from the gaming industry the last couple of decades. The GameCube was profitable, so even if the WiiU 'is a GameCube' they'll still make money off of it. They would have to actually lose money for decades before they'll go out of business.

Indeed.

We can scrap the last one too and add a new line; ..WiiU didn't get Battlefield 4?