Well the N64 sold around 35 millions, so lets do the math with what we got so far, lets say that the Wii U will be supported for 10 years(wich is unlikely). Ten years are 120 months, lets multiply that for 25,000 wich is somewhat around what the Wii U is selling according to VGChartz. That gives us 3,000,000 now lets add to that what the Wii U has sold so far, according to VGchartz it has sold around 3.15 millions and according to Nintendo it has been something around 4 millions, so lets make it 5 millions for the sake of hope, that gives us a total of 8 millions sells in 10 years. 

Now I know sells with get better as the legendary Nintendo franchises arrive to the console, but how much really?

The Gamecube sold around 25 millions, I predict that this will be the worst selling home console from Nintendo with a total lifetime sales of less then 20 millions.

What do you think?

No.

Nintendo has bigger franchises than Sega, and they aren't in a financial black hole like Sega was in the Dreamcast days.

Wii U might be a Gamecube or an N64, but it's no Dreamcast.

I think you're a hundred shades of wrong.

You're failing to take into account the huge boosts Nintendo products see during the holiday season, and using the slowest months of the year as a baseline. Very flawed logic.

I have just been playing Need for Speed Wii U... Amazing game and shows the power of Wii U... And it's an EA title.
The last generation of consoles went for 7-8 years... In that time Wii U will have a ton of games and sell 40 million

I think the xbone will be the next dreamcast

Yes, people were saying this before the wiiU was even out. 

PLEASE read my quote again!!! I see MS, Sony and Nintendo selling 10-12 mil units by March 2014!!!

Again, these threads really need to stop. There is literally no way, at all, that the Wii U could in any conceivable fashion wind up being "this generation's Dreamcast". The DC, while was a decent system and had at least a few great games, was overall a miserable failure, so much so that Sega went under as a first party company. Nintendo has too much money in their coffers, and too much business sense, for that to happen. There is no chance in hell the Wii U sells lower than the Gamecube, which itself sold over twice as much as the Dreamcast. In fact I think the Wii U will sell over 40 million lifetime, at least, which would put it well above even the N64.

I don't honestly think any of the three consoles are going to sell as much as they did last gen. I think when it hit, games like Guitar Hero, and games with motion controls, so-called "casual" styled games, etc. were fairly new and big at the time. Thus those consoles sold a lot. Plus a lot of 360s were re-bought due to RROD (lol).

But seriously.......these various threads with different people asking and then debating the SAME basic proposition: "Is Nintendo DOOMED?", really really just need to stop. They're not only ridiculous, but also getting rather tedious. There's only so much that people can sit on internet forums and talk a specific topic in circles, isn't there? Wait what am I saying..........

In my opinion Nintendo should come back to its roots, when its consoles (NES/SNES) could attract all third party support easily. I wouldn't mind if they had released a $500 WiiU($400 console on par with PS4-One + that gamepad ($100 but I still think it's too much for that pad)).

well, since Ps4 and Xone are selling 0 units right now that means they'll end the generation with 0 units so nintendo wins.