The gamecube had terrible first party support.  It got the traditional 3D Mario, SSB, and Mario Kart on every Nintendo console but when you look at the other games its easy to see why it didn't sell.  The terrible Star Fox games, the gimmicky Donkey Kong games, terrible Wario games, destruction of the Mario Party series with sequel after sequel and multiple Mario Sports games that I think everyone knows don't move systems.  

Also ITS ONLY BEEN 1 YEAR and people are already saying they are gonna drop support, oh ya just ignore the Wii U's 2014 lineup destroys the PS4's and X1's.

In your opinion it is, like everything in the OP. Basically unless people agree with you that WIiU is fine you don't want people posting threads.

No if you see the threads they have almost nothing backing up their claims and are clearly just to hate on Nintendo.  

Wait, I thought your argument was that the Wii U has had worse first-party support than the GameCube?

I suppose I'm crazy. I don't think Nintendo will sell 10 million WiiU systems in 2014.

#1 is highly unlikely. #2 is unlikely, but not outside the realm of possibility. #3, I think, has already proven true, if only because of the effect it has had on their reputation.

No I said it had terrible first party support and managed to sell 4m, I never said anywhere it had worse first party support than the Gamecube.  

Ehh, I dont think its quite that easy to dismiss.

This one I can kinda agree with, though it depends on the time set. If people are saying 2014 then sure, call them out. If people are saying late 2015 through 2016 though then its not out of the question if sales dont pick up throughout 2014. Support simply wont be there and interest in the system will drop to the point that Nintendo will be forced to discontinue it, because retailers wont want it.

This is a bullshit one. The Wii U selling less than the Gamecube certainly isnt out of the question. Just compare it to the Gamecube right now launches aligned. Look at the situation in Europe. Look at the complete lack of meaningful support from 3rd parties.

Firstly, lets compare the Wii U to the Gamecube (and other NIntendo platforms) in America.

Its not pretty, is it.

How about we compare it to say... The Dreamcast. Surely its beating the Dreamcast, right?!

Wrong. Its being doubled by the Dreamcast in America and trippled(!) by the Gamecube launches aligned MoM.

Things arent as rosy and bright as youre making them out to be. The Wii U is in a real hole and Nintendo are really struggling to pull it out.

How about Europe? Well, European retailers just sent back a bunch of Wii U systems. If this doesnt spell trouble then I dont know what does. All this despite being having the headstart on other next gen consoles. Seeing how Wii U will fare with 2 more platforms to contend with is going to be very interesting.

You need to open your eyes and see the problems. Will Kart and Smash help? Somewhat, yes. The problem is though that they didnt exactly do wonders for Gamecube did they? And this time Smash aint even an exclusive! Bayonetta, FExSMT and Yoshi wont a significant number of systems.

The Wii U is in serious trouble. Selling less than or equal to the Gamecube isnt out of the question at all.

Point 3 is pointless to go up against, because if by some miracle they do shift 30-40 Million then they will profit based on software sales and console legs.

2. Most of the games you mentioned won't have much of am impact in individual terms. They might turn out to be fantastic but that's something else entirely.

3. Your rationale here sounds like guesswork. I'm not saying you're wrong, it's just that you're giving nothing concrete to back up what you're saying. You don't stop people from talking with conjecture, you stop them with numbers.

I actually agree that the Wii U will probably end up as a mild success. I also think that people, including Nintendo fans, need to get used to the idea that Nintendo home consoles might be niche machines as long as they maintain specifications far off the other consoles. There is no shame in being "third"--in fact, people need to stop thinking that this "race" is the most important aspect of the video-game business.

No point in trying to be positive about the Wii U. Nothing can save the sinking ship, we just have to accept it!

Well like I said in the OP the Wii U had terrible support this past year and ended up selling 4m units, if you look at the games releasing for the GC in that year period it had some of the biggest releases of its lifetime while the Wii U had nothing.  You can compare that year to the Wii U's 2014 year cause it looks like they will have similar support.