[NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon {2007.07.26} - 89.158 / 641.229

[NDS] Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: {2008.04.24} - 60.250 / 693.164

[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii {2008.12.11} - 114.610 / 658.783

[NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!!  {2010.07.01} - 65.214 / 393.279

[PSP] Taiko no Tatsujin: Portable DX {2011.07.14} - 110.242 / 334.865

[3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi {2012.07.12} - 63.388 / 514.484

[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Chogouka-Ban {2012.11.29} - 102.437 / 577.721

[WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! {2013.11.21} - 17.518 / NEW

Okey. So there was one PSP game:p

Point is: It has historically allways done well on Nintendo platforms. No reason for NB to think that it would just magically stop selling by bringing it to WiiU. Obviously it did.

Well red is pretty much undershipped isn't it ? Doesn't sound that good to me.

Oh my god, what a scary scene will be lived during Nintendo's investor roundtable next year. I fear for Iwata's safety at that time. He committed himself to many impossible goals. He basically lied and played with people's money. Just terrible.

I honestly don't see PS4 or XboxOne having the same problem that the Wii-u did. PS4 looks like it could easily do 5-6 million by March, and XboxOne should be able to easily do 3-4 Million, which would be better than what Wii-u did in that time frame. 

Wii-u isnt dead, but it's going to struggle to do 30 million. I always said this would be its problem, 1 year too late a launch, too weak specs when compared to 7th gen, poor software support, poor 3rd support, Years PR all about next gen consoles. It was inevitable.

Nintendo can bring it back, but that means some massive software support, or spending money on 3rd parties like Sony/MS will do in the next two/three years. I don't mean, lets do another Donkey Kong or another Mario.. they need games that are new or are old franchises brought back. I really believe this is what Sony are doing, and I think it will work very well for them... but we shall see, many predicted that the PS3 wouldnt survive, and look at how well it's currently doing.

It started its console life with Sony though.  And after being given to Nintendo what seemed exclusively, upon returning to Sony consoles performed perfectly reasonably.

I agree with you it has always done well on Nintendo consoles.  But if you look at those consoles, those have also always been the consoles dominating the market.  DS -> Wii -> 3DS.  Just like it started life on PS2 which was the console dominating the market.

Point being: It sells well on big install bases, not Nintendo/Sony consoles.  So there was plenty of reason to swerve the Wii-U version this year and wait for the console to gain some more ground in Japan.  Stick another version 3DS for this year or just stick to the iOS/Android versions for the time being.

It'll still have some legs on Wii-U, but Wii-U was a mistake (for the time being, at least) that Namco should've seen coming.

edit: For more evidence of this, check Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2.  Up until that point, the series had been selling extremely well on the PS2, so we could say that "historically it has always done well on Sony consoles".  But the PSP was barely alive in Japan in 2006 so Taiko didn't sell well.  Exactly the same situation here with Wii-U in 2013.

To add insult to injury on top of what Kowen already said, neither Yakuza or Dynasty Warriors are exclusives.  DW is a late port and Yakuza is multiplat with PS3.

No, red means between 80 and 100% of the shipment sold. Given the traditional 2nd week drop, it leaves a few days for the publisher to reprint.

I see. It's doing well on nice install bases on opening week, but poorly on small installbases. It's historically a game that sell good, but it dont do much to drive install base for any console. Bummer. 

Industry crash incoming, called it!

300k for LR is better than I thought. Still not good.
3D Mario under 100k. O_O

Vita TV and Wii U forever together in depths.