I love this man (Reggie) speaking:

"We rate our chances very good. Software drives hardware in this business. We see it time and time again. We saw it with our Wii and DS businesses. We’re seeing it right now with Nintendo 3DS."

So, software drives hardware and PS4 with a bunch of games could sell 1 million in 24 hours in the US and could sell in 48 hours in the UK much more than the Wii U in 1 entire year. What could we then expect about the PS4 when is reaches the same software volume as the Wii U? Nice thing to wonder about (to whomever still believes in Reggie's reasoning). And, thinking the other way around, once Wii U third-party titles are performing miserably and making many developers to give up on the system (some even before ever start working on it), how can we expect that software trend to drive hardware sales? Another interesting point to think about

"Software drives hardware. And we’re having a stellar year. We believe the same will happen with our Wii U business, with these fantastic franchises that we’re bringing to bear this holiday. If you look at the last two hardware cycles, it was not the most powerful machine that won, not in the case of the PS2, not in the case of the Wii. So, in the end, it’s our responsibility to show consumers how much fun you can have, because in the end, this is an entertainment business, and we think we’ve got stellar entertainment to make the consumer smile."

If Nintendo is having a stellar year, I think they will continue to have stellar years like this with the Wii U.

Good on ya Reggie, i would much rather Nintendo try to go all out and rectify their mistakes, rather than just let the Wii U fade into obscurity. They wont be market leaders or anything, but they can at least make modest sales and get profitability...stay upbeat Reggie, keep supporting Wii U and look after the fans who are supporting your console.

I was in one of the Gamestops at the mall in Savannah, Ga today (shout out to Clem from The Walking Dead!) and it didn't look good for the Wii U. The three consoles were displayed at the front of the store but it looked like the Wii U wasn't calibrated properly. While the Xbox One and PS4 looked super sharp, the Wii U's screen was pixelated and the games in the video looked worse in store than they did at home.

The entire left wall was half Xbox One and half Xbox 360. The entire right wall was half PS4 and half PS3. The wall adjacent to the consoles was all 3DS. And relegated to a tiny quarter of a wall in the rear of the store by the cash register and accessories was the Wii U. It broke my heart.

Not sure where the Vita, DS, Wii, PC, etc. were. I guess on the various shelves I ignore in the middle of the store.

Well Wii U did jump up to 111k on the sales chart, topping the PS4 in WW sales.
I see it only getting better especially with the only AAA must own game of this gen being on Wii U

I predict Wii U followed by X1 then PS4

Kinda saddens me to see the X1 in a better position then PS4 when it comes to games I want to play

PS4 was only in the states and canada and had sever stock issues .....

Obviously consumers don't think much of Mario 3D World otherwise it would have boosted hardware way beyond 111k WW.

How well did software drive the GameCube? If narrowly avoiding complete irrelevancy is Nintendo's goal, then yeah it will work.

Compelling software in theory will drive hardware sales, but only when consumers find a particular piece of hardware appealing to begin with. Nintendo still hasn't given the majority of consumers a reason why Wii U should appeal to them.

Obviously they are not going to beat Xbone and PS4 but anything over 1 million sold this holiday would be a major win for Nintendo. They just need to weather the s**tstorm from the media and fanboys and then they will be fine. I remember being told by multiple websites that my 3DS was a piece of junk pretty much and that smartphones were the future in terms of gaming.....yea maybe while I take a dump.

It gave the console about a 38 percent boost which considering the charts are for the 1st 2 days of the week is pretty solid.  Nintendo is going to have to settle for a slow build like they did with the 3DS.

lol slow build? 3DS got its boost after 5 months when they price got slashed, it's only real problem. WiiU is on 12 months, has had key software, a year to itself and a price cut (plus bundles) and it's still pre 3DS price cut levels in the week or Mario 3D before Black Friday.

Yes clearly Sony can only make 400k units a month..../s

you might fall for false demand but dont expect others to do the same