Ok I see what u mean, the huge drought/lack of sales has taken consumer/retailer trust away. ill give a little breakdown of how I see sales goin for the rest of the year.

By the end of July there should be roughly 3.3 million Wii U sold. From Aug-Oct there will be a high profile exclusive releasing every 2-3 weeks along with a new marketing campaign. That will give retailers/consumers 3 months of steady flow of games which include Pikmin 3/Luigi U retail/W101/Wind Waker/Party U/possibly Sonic World. I could see sales being 70-100k per week in those 3 months. So by the end of Oct there could be about 4.5 million Wii U sold.

During the holidays DKC/Wii Fit/3D Mario combo should be able to push a few systems along with retailer discounts/bundles. 3 million over the holidays doesnt seem too unrealistic, so 7-8 million by the end of the year.

Next year i think we will see a price cut to $250 alongside Mario Kart in the Spring then Smash Bros in the summer and Wii Sports+Zelda for the holidays so id say 10m Wii U sold in 2014 is possible. That puts Wii U at 17-18 million by the end of 2014 and only a few million behind GC sales.

Edit: As for PS4/One slumps, I dont see them being nearly as bad as Wii U post launch slump but literally every console released in the past 15 years has had a post launch slump outside of PS2 and Wii. DC launched strong then quickly faded into obscurity, GC/XB both launched strong then sales dropped pretty sharply in the beginming of 2002. GBA/DS didnt hit it big until there first redesigns. PS360 sales werent amazing in there first full year. 3DS, Vita, Wii U all had horrible post launch sales. 

PS4/One will sell well initially this holiday from early adopters but the masses wont flock to them next year due to a majority of 3rd party games being availabe on PS360, so many gamers wont feel the need to upgrade right away and $400-500 is alot for moat people to apend outsise of the holidays. When u factor in 1 year of online, a game, extra controller, ur looking at closer to $600-700. Thats why I think those consoles sales wont be huge in the beginning of next year.

Those consoles started out at $300 so yes it is true for them

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PS and PS2 didn't release at 400 + dollars.

you realise the image shows that PS and PS2 launched at $299, right?

Obviously Wii U will outsell Gamecube.

Haven't you ever learned about inflation? That's what the 452$ and 400$ numbers are there for.

I dont mean to be rude, but nobody gives q fuck about inflation. For 99% of the world $300 is $300. Nobodu who is shopping looks at a product and says, "$300, thats a good deal because 10 yeats ago it would be much more expensive."

You must be too young to remember. In our day the PS was very expensive. As a canadian it was even worse, it was priced at 500$. The N64 was like 350$. The numbers are there to support this. Relatively speaking, the PS was very successful even at a steeper price. That's my point.

I was just going by US price, buy honestly do u know anybofy that takes inflation into account when making a purchase? The PS1 and PS2 both launched at $299 here, idc what they cost in 2012 dollars because its irrelevent.