Nintendo: Wii U Sales Jump 50% in September, Hyrule Warriors Sells 190,000 in the US - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 October 2014 / 8,490 Views
Nintendo has announced that hardware sales for the Wii U in the US increased by 50 percent month-over-month. That would put Wii U sales in the US around 89,000 units.
Nintendo also released software sales for a couple of its titles in the US. Hyrule Warriors launched on September 26 and managed to sell more than 190,000 units. Mario Kart 8 also managed to sell another 60,000 units. Mario Kart 8 has now 1.2 million units lifetime in the US. Both figures include retail sales and digital sales.
Nintendo has stated the Wii U has a good holiday line up in the US starting with Bayonetta 2 on October 26. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U launches on November 21 and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launches on December 5.
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Great! Hope Nintendo can make some profit this year!
Only one that needs to do some profit is Sony, because they have not in the past 10 years, all they have done in 10yrs is completely waste all the money they had and now they are going into bankruptcy.
This holiday is gonna be great for nintendo
So glad this is selling well. I bought it and am enjoying it. The DLC is pretty good so far too.
Good holliday line-up indeed, gonna get all those games!
I really hope Bayonetta 2 sells well. That franchise deserves it.
hyrule Warriors is a master piece its perfect both in Reviews and game play. The Graphics are awesome, plus it has the best DLC currently in the gaming industry at large I am not surprised it helped sell WiiUs and it will continue doing so.
Good holliday line-up indeed, gonna get all those games!
Yay! I hope they can fix some issues on hyrule warriors
lol what issues XD
That's quite ok no? Still not great, I wonder if most of their games even break even with these sales numbers. MK8 must have been crazy expensive, if you include the big advertising push.
