5 year * sales < 10 years * sales/1.5

and that's assuming the WiiU sales stay the same way they were.

The Wii U really doesnt have more room for future drops. GCwas profitable out the gate. Wii U wasnt. Wii U still isnt and probably was dropped much faster than Nintendo would have liked.

Calc... if something starts faster and stays faster it will finish faster. GC started fadter and is staying faster. If it doesnt reach GC sales this year then I dont know why you think it would be able to make up ground in slower sales

We'll see after this year. 2014 is supposed to be the year of Wii U from what Nintendo fans state on here with the big hitters. Some people even say that Wii U sales are rising but that's just due to holiday boosts. We have no idea yet as to where sales will fall from a base line stand point. For me, I think it's past the point of no return. It will have spikes here and there in Japan and for a week or two after a top tier game releases but nothing earth shattering. As much as I want to play X, it's not going to light up the sales charts and neither will Bayonetta 2. Especially as X1 and PS4 flesh out their game libraries. Their game media coverage over the next few years will take the spotlight front and center.

Well... That shows how much I scroll down on a weekly bases on this site lolll :/

Wii U is $300 and has plenty of room for future drops. Even if it takes 2 years, it'll eventually drop and cause a sales boost. If this is the case, it'll be on the market longer giving it an even better chance at passing GC.

as for your calc thing...it won't stay faster forever. It did horrible+ near the end of its life.

They wouldn't help much, they'd sell 100-200k each, maybe GTA a little more.

Even Call of Duty at 1080p with all the DLC wouldn't help much more than the existing ports.

Definitely not guaranteed, at least not to any significance. $300 isn't *gasp, too expensive* that was the entry point for Kinect, which did 25m+, arguably at least 10m+ of those were to casuals.

The point of no return for a console is when its nearest rival has 20 million sales more in my book.

Errr... except not, because if MEANING OF LIFE: THE GAME came out on freaking Vita even it could still come out on top. I doubt that'll happen, but honestly that is how I'd like to think this industry works.

Well there's at least three big releases slated for the first half this year, along with the likely announcement of Zelda U. If the things that are coming out or being announced this year aren't enough to at least double the user base, then nothing can push the U...

If Nintendo can't salvage the Wii U with top rate software, what hope do they have to push a future console. 

If Nintendo didnt support their best selling console for longer than 4 years and released a new console in 6 what makes you think thwy wont drop their worst selling console faster? If Wii U doesnt reach 14m by the end of year then that means no one wants flat out and no price drop or game will help