The Wii U is a video game console made by Nintendo that competes in the eighth generation of video game consoles with the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. It is the successor to the Wii. The Wii U's sales have so far been tracking far below Nintendo's original sales forecasts, but with Mario Kart 8's release sales have started to pick up. Some of the best selling games for the Wii U include New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, Super Mario 3D World, Splatoon, and Mario Kart 8. Nintendo stopped shipping Wii U units at the start of 2017.
Wii U sales figures[]
Wii U Shipment figures (based on official financial reports) | ||||||
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Date | Americas sales | Japan sales | Other sales | Quarterly sales | Total sales | Source |
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2012) | 1.32M | 0.83M | 0.90M | 3.06M | 3.06M | [3] |
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2013) | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 3.45 | [4] |
2013 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2013) |
1.52 | 0.92 | 1.01 | 3.45m | 3.45m | |
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2013) | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 3.61 | |
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2013) | 0.17 | 0.14 | -0.01 | 0.30 | 3.91 | |
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2013) | 0.86 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 1.95 | 5.86 | |
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2014) | 0.2999 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.31 | 6.17 | |
2014 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2014) |
1.29 | 0.89 | 0.55 | 2.72m | 6.17m | |
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2014) | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 6.68 | |
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2014) | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.61 | 7.29 | [5] |
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2014) | 1.02 | 0.33 | 0.58 | 1.91 | 9.20 | [6] |
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2015) | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.59 | 9.54 | [7] |
2015 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2015) |
1.85 | 0.53 | 1.00 | 3.38m | 9.54m | |
Quarter 1 (ending Jun 30, 2015) | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.47 | 10.01 | [8] |
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2015) | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.72 | 10.73 | [9] |
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2015) | 0.90 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 1.87 | 12.60 | [10] |
Quarter 4 (ending Mar 31, 2016) | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 12.80 | [11] |
2016 fiscal year sales (ending Mar 31, 2016) |
1.54 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 3.26m | 12.80m | |
Quarter 1 (ending June 30, 2016) | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 13.02 | [12] |
Quarter 2 (ending Sep 30, 2016) | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 13.36 | [13] |
Quarter 3 (ending Dec 31, 2016) | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 13.56 | [14] |
Totals (ending Dec 31, 2016) | 6.49 | 3.34 | 3.73 | - | 13.56m | - |
Best-selling Wii U Video Games Worldwide[]
These are the highest selling Wii U games as of March 31, 2020 with more than 1 million units sold. The top ten are sourced directly from this source[15]
- Mario Kart 8 - 8.45 million units
- Super Mario 3D World - 5.86 million units
- New Super Mario Bros. U - 5.81 million units
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - 5.38 million units
- Nintendo Land - 5.20 million units
- Splatoon - 4.95 million units
- Super Mario Maker - 4.02 million units
- New Super Luigi U - 3.06 million units
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD - 2.33 million units
- Mario Party 10 - 2.25 million units
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - 2.01 million units[16] (December 2017)
- Wii Party U - 1.78 million units[16] (December 2019)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 1.69 million units[16] (December 2019)
- Yoshi's Woolly World - 1.56 million units[16] (December 2019)
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - 1.36 million units[16] (December 2019)
- Pikmin 3 - 1.27 million[16] (December 2019)
- Lego City Undercover - 1.15 million [16] (December 2019)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD - 1.13 million [16] (December 2019)
- Pokken Tournament - 1.00+ million units[17] (August 2016)
- Hyrule Warriors - 1.00+ million units[18] (January 2015)
A total of 103.27 million units of software has been sold as of September 30, 2020.
Wii U sales figures tidbits[]
- United States:
- UK:
- France
- Germany
- Spain
- January 2014: 80,000
- Portugal
- December 2017: ~20,000 [32]
- Japan:
References[]
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/hard_soft/index.html
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- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/141029e.pdf
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150128e.pdf
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150507e.pdf
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- ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/151028e.pdf
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- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/wiiu.html
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- ↑ http://www.famitsu.com/news/201501/27070268.html
- ↑ http://www.cnet.com/news/nintendo-400k-wii-u-units-sold-1-2m-devices-total/
- ↑ http://archive.news10.net/entertainment/gameguys/article/224725/99/Wii-U-sales-surpass-Wiis-through-first-six-weeks/
- ↑ http://www.vg247.com/2012/12/03/wii-u-40000-consoles-sold-over-uk-launch-weekend-report/
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-02-playstation-4-uk-launch-sales-are-over-250k
- ↑ http://www.challenges.fr/high-tech/20140116.CHA9317/pourquoi-nintendo-pense-faire-mieux-que-sony-et-microsoft.html
- ↑ http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2014/05/22/01007-20140522ARTFIG00230-mario-kart-8-va-relancer-les-ventes-de-la-wii-u.php
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Eighth generation of video games | ||
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Wii U · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch Nintendo 3DS · PlayStation Vita |