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Forums - Nintendo - Pach Attacks! Best WiiU can hope for is 20M lifetime.

If Nintendo can't get big, compelling games out quickly and consistently in 2014 he may yet be right. It's not unprecedented for Nintendo home consoles to struggle to break out of a niche market and people need to remember that Wii U's struggles are so far worse than anything GameCube or N64 went through in their debut years.

While I believe IF Nintendo get enough software out quickly, they can turn Wii U into a modestly successful machine, I also realise that this window is closing all the time and that Wii U could be relegated to a GameCube style niche. They've got a huge amount wrong since the glory days of Wii/DS, and while they did turn 3DS around, there's no guarantee they have enough manpower to turn Wii U around quickly enough to make a substantial difference. I sincerely hope they do, but people need to be more willing to admit just how badly wrong Wii U has gone so far and that this does impact any chance of Wii U finding a larger market than the GameCube.