Wii U vs Wii – VGChartz Gap Charts – November 2014 Update - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 December 2014 / 5,498 Views
Welcome to the VGChartz Gap charts. The charts will be updated monthly and each article will focus on a different gap chart. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation, as well as comparing the 8th generation consoles. All sales are worldwide, unless otherwise stated.
Wii U Vs. Wii Global:
Gap change in latest month: 5,152,018 - Wii
Gap change over last 12 months: 20,434,397 - Wii
Total Lead: 35,786,123 – Wii
Wii U Total Sales: 7,809,005
Wii Total Sales: 43,595,128
In the latest month of sales the Wii U has fallen another 5.15 million units further behind its predecessor the Wii. The Wii currently leads by 35.79 million when you compare the first 25 months. The gap is expected to continue to grow in the next month.
Both consoles launched in November, the Wii in November 2006 and the Wii U in November 2012. The Wii U has sold 7.81 million units in its first 24 months on sale, while the Wii sold 53.60 million units.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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whats funny is that wii u has some pretty good games where as wii was a disgrace and was for the casual market with wii fit , wii sports and dance games, pretty ironic.
Same thing happened with GameCube, bad hardware like wii u but great games
5Mio difference in 1 month ... holy crap ...
Depressing ...
At the end of the day, I think the Wii U is mainly suffering for the reputation the Wii built up of sitting outside of the main pool of games of which the other three home platforms live off.
They were right to put emphasis on courting third party publishers, but for whatever reason, said third parties still turned away from the Wii U.
The market Nintendo appeals to is a fickle one at the end of the day.
