Well that´s good!...though I don´t think champagne with popcorn is a good combination, but to each his own.

Remember that message I sent you today?...puts things into perspective, doesn´t it?...it´s sad, I´m having a fantastic time with Mario 3D World, but the system itself is being toxic to Nintendo´s games.At this point I won´t be surprised if the Wii U versions of Mario, Mario Kart, Smash, etc..end up being the lowest selling iterations in their respective franchises.

Expect any drastic moves from them next year?

Good points all around. However, I strongly disagree on the franchise fatigue aspect; instead, I'm more inclined to say that individuals are just not willing to shell out 300+$ only for those franchises to be playable and not have the rest of the gaming industry has to offer (3rd parties).

Nintendo needs a restructuring definetely; however, Iwata should maintain a position in the company and take over Miyamoto's current position - Manager of software development.

Sorry, meant next year. They need to sell 6mil in the next 13months. GC didnt do that and Wii U is less than GC since launch by about 3mil

And even he called that off, last prediction from him I've read put the Wii U below 8mil for the end of the year.

I think right now 6 million is the best bet.

They had no problem making that election last generation, though.

Admittedly "those franchises" were somewhat cut from a different cloth than this generation's ilk.

Right now for year end the best bet would be 4.5m.

According to famousmortimer PS4 has a 200k+ advantage on X1.

"So the November NPDs have come in and the results have some interesting implications and give a bit of a clearer picture of what each company’s current strategy is. Sony certainly coveted North America enough to secure the top spot but have resigned themselves to demand outstripping supply so they could take the rest of the world as well. Microsoft clearly has designs on not letting the United States slip away and have flooded retail since the launch. It wasn’t good enough to catch up in November, giving the PS4 a solid 200k+ lead going into December but with the Xbox One available nearly everywhere and the PS4 available almost nowhere it’s hard to believe that Sony will be the victor in December in North America. I think this should also put to rest the rumor that many people believed, myself included, that MS was having yield issues. Their console output has been extremely strong."

http://doddscientifics.com/2013/12/13/super-fun-sales-chat-2013/

From gaf:
Nintendo hardware sales in November:

2002 1.62m
2003 1.94m
2004 1.95m
2005 1.46m
2006 2.11m
2007 2.51m
2008 3.61m
2009 2.96m
2010 2.78m
2011 2.01m
2012 1.76m
2013 0.99m + DS + WII


(GBA+DS+3DS+GC+WII+WIU)


wow... just wow.

PS4 is a beast!

Poor Vita.