That is very precise.. :)

I think it will do 10 mill.. yes.. not just the comming games.. but becourse a lot of things..

This helps his argument though - and it's something that more people need to realize.

The Gamecube was always much, much cheaper than WiiU and didn't have the detriment of Nintendo taking an 8 month vacation from releasing new 1st party software after launch day.

WiiU had an abysmal software drought post launch - far worse than any of their consoles ever had - all while being more expensive than any of their consoles have ever been before.  It's quite clear why WiiU had such a pathetic performance throughout most of 2013, and deservedly so.

However, with price drops and some of their heaviest hitters still to come, it's quite apparent that the console's worst sales are behind it despite the new 8th gen competition.  WiiU's uniqueness, while unfortunately meaning it won't have a lot of the industry's games, also puts the PS4 and XB1 in direct competition with each other, since over 90% of their software offerings will be the same.  This is where, I believe, that WiiU's "second system" status will pay off for Ninty as the exclusives roll out and its price remains the cheapest.

this makes sense, expecting it to do 10mil is madness. i could accept 8 mil. 

oh, right.
i think any value between 5 to 8 mil is plausible. my guess is 6.

Wii has 5.2 million units sold I think it should surpass the 10 million mark this year

thats not what he is saying. He isnt arguing that it wont have 10mil sold LTD by end of the year. but having sold 10 mil consoles in just THIS year alone. meaning 15mil sold my end of the year. Wii U sold 3mil in all of 2013. He doesnt see them more than tripling that this year and i have to agree.

10 million is kind of far on the bell curve. I'm going to say most likely not.

You are so mean.. like really was that last statement even necessary?

I think it can sell over 10 millions this year.

I think Mario Kart, Smash Bros and Zelda (probably released in 2015) have the power to pull the Wii U to a Gamecube level of sales, each of those titles will be bought by a few million dedicated fans, and many others will buy a Wii U not for 1 title, but because it would have accumulated too many "must haves".
This would be a scenario of Nintendo depending on hardcore gamers to survive, so, the games would need to be good, the Zelda would have to be better than Skyward Sword.
For most gamers Wii U will only have a decent enough library to deserve buying it in about a year. PS4 and Xbone may have no games now, but everybody knows they will get all the third party support, Unlike them Nintendo consoles have to prove they will have games.
And some surprises may happen, if 10% of the housewives who bought Wii Fit twice for Wii buy a Wii U, that would be over 2 million Wii U's sold no one is counting on. It may or it may not happen, no one knows.
Donkey Kong Country returns sold 6 million on Wii and 1 million on 3DS, perhaps an important ammount of those customers will want a Wii U for Tropical Freeze.

I think the next 2 years could be quite good for the Wii U, but after that it will go back to selling less than 5 million per year, because Nintendo would have spent most of its ammo, Mario platformers, Mario Kart, Zelda and Smash Bros. They would only have the smaller franchises like Metroid remaining.
A new Mario platformer would be put to better use on a new console methinks.
3DS is already 3 years old, I see Nintendo being done with the Wii U at the same time they stop supporting the 3DS.