Nintendo: Wii U Sales Hit 13.56M Units at the End of 2016, 3DS at 65.3M Units - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2017 / 8,849 Views
Nintendo during its latest financial report, for the nine month period ending December 31, 2016, has shared some sales figures.
Wii U sales now stand at 13.56 million units with 96.52 million games sold. That is a drop in the bucket compared to the 101.64 million Wii consoles sold. Sales for the Nintendo 3DS are at 65.3 million units, while software figures for the handheld stand at 320.96 million units.
Revenue for the company fell 26.9 percent, however, profits jumped 154 percent.
Nintendo expects net income for the 2017 fiscal year to reach 90 billion yen, up from 50 billion yen.
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A failed console with a handful of amazing Nintendo classics that most gamers won't have an interest in until 2027 when all of a sudden, Wii-U will be considered legendarily great and tragically underrated "for it's time".
I remember the hate I got back in 2013 for having the opinion that the Wii U would struggle to get 18 mil in sales, but I definitely didn't think Wii U would sell as bad as it ended up doing.
So Wii U overtracked and 3DS undertracked?
Seems to be the theme lately.
That's a perfectly reasonable comment. Why all the downvotes? Here, have a thumbs up.
Huge difference being Wii U is only overtracked by a few hundred thousand, while 3DS is undertracked by about 2 million.
Huge difference being Wii U is only overtracked by a few hundred thousand, while 3DS is undertracked by about 2 million.
actually, there's no huge difference at all. Percentage-wise they are off by about the same margin.
COKTOE - Thank you good sir, have one from me as well!
Biggest failure of whole Nintendo history and the next console they make is a mere clone of the wiiu. No, even worse actually. I don't get it.
