I think the majority of doubt in this thread comes from younger Nintendo fans who think that just because the Wii was so popular last gen, than surely the Wii U will eventually catch fire soon. Of course, one only has to go back a gen prior to see Nintendo getting completely crushed by the competition. And the gen prior to that, it happened, too. The N64 and the Gamecube had ALL the games people are saying will help the Wii U ignite in sales, but it didn't help them.

Nor will they help the Wii U. Sure, it will give it a nice boost for a week or two, but that's it. It doesn't help that the Wii U is getting poor 3rd party support and Nintendo keeps delaying their games, leading to droughts for months. I mean people were saying 3D Mario+holiday sales = domination, but that didn't happen. Only thing noticeable was a good boost in Japan, which will still end in a few weeks. You see, you need more than games to appeal to gamers. The console itself must interest people, as well. Unfortunately, not many are interested in the Wii U.

I'm sorry for ever doubting your confidence lol

I agree. What do you think about dietsoap saying Nintendo will dro wii u's price to $200

I'm quite certain PS4 will overtake WiiU at some point, however I do believe Pachter is overly optimistic. I actually believe we will se a dramatic drop in PS4 sales in the US and Europe around February/March and onward well into Q3 2014, as we saw with WiiU in 2013. I base this belief on the lack of high profile software for PS4 in the spring and summer.

And unfortunately the Japanese release won't be enough to pick up that drop. Likewise we will see a dramatic drop in sales in Japan in early summer and that drop will also last well into Q3 2014.

WiiU will also see a drop in sales, but that drop will be more modest as Super Mario 3D World will have legs long enough to carry hardware sales in Q1 and parts of Q2.

I predict weekly worldwide WiiU sales of aprox. 75 000-100 000 systems all spring and summer, based on the assumption that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Mario Kart 8 will be released sometime in Q1/Q2. I'm quite certain such sales will be enough for WiiU to keep its lead at least until September/October 2014.

Key to all of this is of course if Mario Kart 8 will be released sometime in Q2 (the earlier the better). Otherwise WiiU will have yet another disastrous first half year, and by then it's highly doubtful they can pick up momentum again. In other words; this spring will make or break WiiU.

Japan...will help Sony get over the five million mark before second quarter even starts. Theres also a Gamestop backup on demand WW until February or March. Sony will definitely pass Nintendo by the end of the first quarter.

I just have to laugh at this. Was Nintendo going to release a new console that can only perform 480p after the Wii? If a new console constitutes as an "hd upgrade" then certainly Patcher was saying "the sky is blue." 

Mario Kart has been popular since the 90s and Smash Brothers Melee sold 7 million copies on a 21 million user base it was popular already.

Yep, zero doesnt deal in facts.

Well, I guess it's still possible to close your eyes and ears and just ignore everything that's going on in the real world. Don't get me wrong Smash and MK will sell great and they will move consoles, but the Wii Us problems reach way deeper than just not having the right Nintendo games out right now, so getting those games, that everyone and their grandmother knew were coming since before the console was out, released is not suddenly going to save the thing and that some people still don't seem to want to face that simply boggles my mind.

You know what's pushing PS4s and X1s right now? It's people being tired of this gen, it's people just wanting to make the switch, over 5 million people have already switched just because of that and I'll guarantee that a good percentage of PS4s will be sold this year just because of that, it doesn't need one specific game to sell. All the third party and first party games that will come out this year (btw a lot more games than the Wii U'll get), cross gen, multi or exclusive will account for the rest of the people buying a PS4 or X1, which will be alot. And the PS4 is going to almost certainly take the majority between it and the X1 thanks to a number of advantages, so yeah...I'm not going to say anything about the X1 but the PS4 is going to outsell the Wii U this year, by a healthy margin, I'm sure of that.

Also Nintendo dominated one home console generation of the last three, so your "they dominate each and every time" comment makes no sense.

They didnt even do that. They dominated for a quarter of a gen. Thats it.