The Wii U bows out gracefully, if to not applause.
Nintendo has up to date its lifetime gross sales figures following its most up-to-date financials briefing. In doing so, it put the Wii U’s lifetime gross sales via to the tip of December 2016 at 13.56 million.
That’s a relatively small change from September 2016’s 13.4 million, and now that the Wii U has ceased production, it’s unlikely that determine will ever transfer a lot once more.
Compared to Nintendo’s different merchandise, the Wii U has actually under-performed. Even the GameCube, the next-worst promoting console, managed 21.74 million items offered. At the opposite finish of the dimensions, the magnificent DS shifted 154.02 million items, placing it in a really shut second place behind the beast PS2, which stays the best-selling console of all time.
On the software program aspect of issues, Wii U has managed to shift 96.52 million items, which is an connect charge of about 7.1 video games per console. That’s not dangerous in any respect, however no different Nintendo console has ever moved lower than 200 million software program items.
Here’s the Wii U’s lifetime software program prime 10:
- Mario Kart eight – eight.26 million
- New Super Mario Bros U – 5.62 million
- Super Mario 3D World – 5.47 million
- Nintendo Land – 5.16 million
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 5.16 million
- Splatoon – four.76 million
- Super Mario Maker – three.89 million
- New Super Luigi U – 2.89 million
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – 2.11 million
- Mario Party 10 – 2.04 million
The 3DS additionally obtained up to date figures as Nintendo’s solely different present . Lifetime gross sales have now handed 65.three million items offered throughout the 3DS household, with software program gross sales at 320.96 million.
The Switch launches in early March to interchange the Wii U, and whereas the 3DS is anticipating help for at the very least some time longer, the hybrid nature of the console and Nintendo’s growing affection for cell means you would possibly be capable to get away with only one platform.
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