Could be overshipped from Q3, 3DS in japan has sold more this quarter than shipped WW for example. 2DS sells more than 3DS (at least according to nintendo during holiday!)

Also Nintendo only forecasting 3.6 million for the Wii U this year which should be its peak year shows that reality is starting to set in over in Japan.

They no longer are bullish on the Wii U at all, 3.6 mill forecast is extremely weak.

Also probably indicates they have no intention of making a hail Mary price cut on the Wii U ... they are going to let the system drown if it can't swim rather than try to save it but incur heavier losses in the process. 

Yup.. Ugly things happened just like I predicted!

Deary me :(

At least their next FY predictions are more conservative. Shows that they're betting on Mario Kart & Smash not saving the day which is probably a good shout.

Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. A good strategy.

Wii U isn't a bad console per se, I like it more than the original Wii in a lot of ways, Nintendo just screwed the pooch in trying to chase after the magical controller idea.

Strip out that giant monstrosity of a gamepad and put that extra hardware budget into the chipset and you'd have something reasonably more powerful than a 360/PS3. While it wouldn't outsell the PS4, I think Nintendo would've had a fairly good chance to outsell the XBox One and get by with a decent no.2 showing this gen.

Instead they went with a system far too close to the PS3/360 and tried to hit the controller craze jack pot again and ended up with a total disaster on their hands. It's a shame, because games like Mario 3D World and DKC: TF are legimiately terrific, though perhaps Nintendo deserves some flak for not trying enough original IPs.

that's a shame...

hum hum, not very pretty...

-300% net result
3DS declines, misses initial target by 33%, very grim outlook
WiiU declines (divided by 2 in Europe!), misses initial target by 70%, will face increased competition
Wii&DS freefall

So, 3DS shipments fell by more than 50% from that Q4?

Yuppers. Not looking too good.