Wii U Sales Top 4 Million Units in the US - Article
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 April 2015 / 8,188 Views
Nintendo's eighth generation home console, the Wii U, has hit a new milestone in the US. The console has surpassed the four million mark in the region, according to VGChartz's latest sales data.
The Wii U hit the milestone for the week ending March 21, where it sold 18,630 units to bring its lifetime sales in the US to 4,004,431 units. There have also been 20,814,446 games sold for the Wii U at retail in the US.
Looking at the software sales for the Wii U in the US, six games have sold more than one million units at retail. Nintendo Land is the top selling Wii U game with sales of 2.08 million units. New Super Mario Bros. U has sold 1.99 million units, Mario Kart 8 has sold 1.78 million units, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold 1.65 million units. Super Mario 3D World has sold 1.38 million units, while Super Luigi U has sold 1.09 million units.
The Wii U hit store shelves in the US on November 18, 2012 with sales of 421,850 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. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I wonder if 2015 will see sales growth for the Wii U. IMO the line up of games is too few and too weak, the console may have peaked which would be sad.
Mario Kart 8 + Smash Bros. Probably was as good as it's gonna get. StarFox and Zelda fanbases, while large, are smaller than the Smash. Bros fanbase :/
No, it isn't, confirmed by NPD.
God, those MK and SSB numbers are abysmal for being apart of the 2 of the most popular franchises in history...
those are just the U.S. numbers. I think selling 5 million copies of mario kart on a system with a 10 million install base is impressive.
And this is why I said numbers from the camp you're not in shouldn't matter to you.
Another one of these things?
