I'm not disagreeing with that, however I fail to see how that has anything to do with Mario Kart 8. MK8 has done it's job so far, Nintendo just needs to smarten up and help it out.

Clearly the problem lies with Nintendo, not how many Wii Us MK8 moved in one week.

I think half the issue is simply that Nintendo needs to be looked at as a secondary console. PS4 and XB1 pretty much carry the same types of games, however Nintendo basically fills in the gaps that Sony and MS leave behind.

MS and Sony both have some decent platforming IP and potential for a decent kart game for sure... However, Nintendo really excels in these area's. When I look at a Nintendo console I don't look at 3rd party support, I have not in quite sometime I will let Sony and MS handle that part! Nintendo should be about its IP and its IP only!

You can't look at Nintendo and judge them the same way you can with MS and Sony that is half the problem. The view is a better complement to a PS4 owner than a XB1 as a WiiU is a better complement to a XB1 owner than a PS4... You cover more gaming ground when a WiiU is looked at as a second console option.

It's all opinion for sure, but I plan on getting a way to sit alongside my PS4 here this fall! I have some Mario to catch up on!

Today is June 7, 2014.

The year ends December 31, 2014.

There are 6 months, 25 days, and 30 minutes remaining.

The WIi U will need 7.3 million sales in the next ~7 months for this to happen. 

The Wii U will need to sell a no less then a million a month, selling more this year than the past 2 years combined.

Sorry, sounds like bullshit.

It's worth remembering here that Watch_Dogs launched on the 27th, while MK8 launched on the 29th-31st in different regions (29th in Japan, 30th in US/UK/Europe, 31st in Australia). That means Watch_Dogs has had five days to boost console sales while in most regions, MK8 has only had two. I would not be remotely surprised if Wii U sales actually exceed PS4's next week, especially since MarioKart titles tend to have an extremely slow burn in sales.

Meanwhile, as far as the secondary-console thing, I think Nintendo are only looked at as a secondary console by "core" gamers, who are only a portion of Nintendo's audience... and besides that, I don't think it's a bad thing if those people still end up buying the Wii U.

The Wii U virtually has no 3rd party support, the mainstream gamer plays 3rd party, those who only play NIntendo games are a minority, the "casuals" that invested in the Wii U last gen have all moved on to other devices.

Come on guys, just let Nintendo fans be happy about something..

Also, more to be happy about: Mario Kart 8 is still up there in Amazon's best seller and it looks like Wonderful 101 got a decent boost, temporarily bumping it up higher than Watch Dogs (PS4).

You don't get it. Nintendo were expected to be dead two decades ago, when the PlayStation happened. Their continued existence makes blood boil, spleens rupture and idiot fingers type. Nintendo should have "done a SEGA" at least a decade ago, despite protestations that doing a SEGA has not worked well for SEGA. No such demands are ever made of Microsoft, Sony, or even SEGA (THEY SHOULD DO AN ATARI), which just highlights how ridiculous it all is. Gaming is so humdrum, people need something else to do. This is why ioi keeps these forums alive.

Completely realistic with E3 bringing hype from games like Metroid and Zelda. Also, MK8 is easily pushing 1 million in the first month just by itself. Just imagine with the stellar fall lineup leading up to Smash. Smash could potentially move 2-3 mil hardware by itself the first month. It's going to be huge. 

Mk8 will sell better than smash, what exactly is the stellar line up leading to Smash btw?