No chance in hell of this happening.

bolded: gta 5 is not on ps4/xone either. and yes, i has the biggest multiplats: Call of retrocess, watch dogs, batman, AC4. and ubisoft's next gen titles are for 2014 if I recall. remember watch dogs?

bolded2: best in what sense? graphics - no.  sales - most probably yes.

bolded3: amazing "argument". the multis it's getting sell much more than "well".

bolded4: are you posting from an alternate future? who said wii u can't compete with machines that aren't out yet.

Because the Wii U isn't selling anywhere close to that number which means the amount it needs during the holiday just keeps going up.  If we're going to the week ending Dec 28th, it needs 316k per week now to hit 10 million by the end of the year.  Even if it gets a decent boost in the US with Pikmin, that number will still go up to ~330k next week.  Considering the Wii U probably won't see those numbers till November at best (and by then, the average weekly number will be a whole lot more.), it just doesn't seem very realistic.  Even if it magically sold 200k a week starting the week ending the 17th, it would need to average 860k a week in December to hit 10 million.  Odds are Nintendo won't even be able to ship enough to make those numbers possible.  Retailers would have already ordered their units before December, and they would do it on the basis of what the Wii U had been selling.

Retailers (especially in Europe) who might still have units from last year aren't going to order a ton of stock on the hope that Mario comes to the rescue in December.

I guess I should also say the numbers in the OP are pretty ridiculous as well.

by my math (sales aligned by launch for each region to compare weeks on market in all markets) the ps3 passed the wiiU after 8 weeks. 

The only charts where wiiU stays ahead for any meaningful period are the ones that don't account for ps3 launching ~5 months late in europe so that wiiU in 3 markets is compared to ps3 in 2 markets.  but the wiiU did start ahead regardless, it launched quite well.

@thread - i'm surprised at how many people think leo could be right.  there is going  to be soo much crow and disappointment and thread necro'ing and trolling come january.  looks at historical numbers people and temper your expectations.  leo might as well be predicting 250M...  

the numbers it sold so far didn't magically change the dates that are scheduled to boost sales. the next to chart is pikmin 3, then it will be W101, followed by rayman, w101 in US, wind waker... and the holydays sales will be big for sure.

I wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. Nintendo does appeal to a more diverse audience than the PS3 and 360, but to say the PS3 and 360 are generally played by kids? I really don't see it- if anything it's mostly played by teens. Nintendo appeals to a larger audience because their games are geared toward children that will grow up with those franchises and continue to play them into adulthood, but it's still predominately a console for kids and to say that somehow the PS3 and 360 are just that while the Wii isn't is factually incorrect. And furthermore - to say that the wii appeals to teens is also incorrect. The Wii was a joke in my high-school; people didn't think it was mature enough for them.

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2009/every-gaming-system-has-its-fans-but-women-like-wii.html

It's an interesting read, but to summarize: Wii is popular amongst adult women and little boys (age 6-11)  while being unpopular amongst teens. the 360 is most popular for 12-17 year olds and the Ps3 is most popular amongst 18-24 year olds.

I didn't call them non-gamers btw. I said casuals that don't normally play games- which is a true statement. I agree that anyone who plays games is a gamer.

Bolded: I'll give you that one. I was just speculating. I suppose being cheaper than the next-gen competition probably makes it more competitive, but if it doesn't get the multiplats- I don't see it happening.

I'm sticking with everything else.

bolded: the pejorative arrogance makes me sad. nintendo games CAN be played by kids (some nintendo games, anyway) but the games are aimed for everyone. I don't understand this necessity to try proving (in vain), the old "nintendo is for kidies".

it's funny how you reacted about ps360 being played mostly by kids and teens. dude, that's the regular video game audience. certainly the number of adults that play video games is growing, but if a home has a video game then the most probable users are the kids and teens. wii changed that by including the adults and elderly from the get go.

and I'm sticking to the fact that if the multis sell well this year, it will encourage the 2014 ones to come too.

Pikmin would need to sell massive amounts of hardware in the US to get it back on track.  The extra ~25k in Japan and almost nothing in Europe mean very little in terms of getting it to 10 million.  I don't think you can realistically expect W101 or Rayman to do substantially better.

This seems like the same discussion from earlier in the year.  Except back then it was Pikmin and a price cut would be the turning point.  Although even then, the numbers looked fairly unrealistic for the Wii U to achieve.  Now Pikmin hasn't had a significant effect, a price cut doesn't look likely, and the period of poor sales will probably be about two months longer.