3ds have no competition so no comments on that part. It is very important for wii u though.

Anyway, people don't seem to miss how crucial the holidays are for sony and ms. they have their next consoles releasing and unlike wii u, if they can't keep momentum from the holidays, they won't have a year without competition. if they can't catch on fire now, wii u will steal marketshare day after day as they try to recover in 2014, wich is the most probable scenario if you consider software and price.

the people buying ps4's in 2013 wouldn't buy any other system so I don't think it can affect wii u sales. after he holidays is a different story.

true. if games like batman, AC4, ghosts and watch dogs reach the nice 500k line, it will be a great incentive for third parties. you can expect ubi imedeately confirming the crew and the division if that happens.

You're going to have to quantify this. Otherwise it feels like a hit-and-run.

Stop being so insecure about the position nintendo is in by judging people who like popular games. people who want a console with primarily nintendo first party will buy their console. People who want a proper dose of first, second, and third party will buy the opposition. They've trained their fanbase well outside of the ds arena not to respond well to third party. 

Dude......Nintendo squandered their opportunity at a great lead over the competition.  Sony themselves are well over twice of Nintendos preorders and probably at three times that by now. All we can hope is thay Nintendo survives the dual launch of the next gen hd twins. In terms of exclusives nintendo will not outshine them in 2014. Hope people want mario trademarked items more than Sony and MS first and second party as well as the top third party AAA titles that not only hardware wise but on principle they'll never be able to touch.

In 2014, 2 of the biggest Nintendo IPs will launch, Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. If neither of those game do anything for the console then it's pretty much over. This holiday won't decide the Wii U's fate. 

Also we don't know much about PS4 and Xbone games after launch, and we also don't know all the tittles Nintendo will launch in 2014, so saying Nintendo software won't outshine Sony and MS software is speculation, not fact.

with all the exclusives wii u already has for 2014 i think it will be nearly impossible to outshine. there are games to be announced for ps4/xone in 2014 but the same applies to wii u.

3DS will do ok this holiday season. Probably not as much as last year but it'll be fine. The WiiU - I don't see how Nintendo can turn it around.

lol Pokemon.