Wii U sold just 460k units in the last six months

MCV Staff 30th October 2013 Business News

Nintendo’s latest financial report has revealed more disappointing sales for Nintendo’s Wii U.

Over the company’s last six months Wii U has sold just 460k units worldwide, with 300k of those selling in the quarter ending September 30th. It admitted that the release of Pikmin 3 and Wind Waker HD have evidently not helped the console.

Saying that, Wii u sales climbed 400 per cent year-on-year, reaching 5.27m units.

Global Wii U sales now stand at 3.91m units. Amazingly, Nintendo is sticking by its 9m unit Wii U sales forecast for the fiscal year ending March 30th. It clearly expects the machine will enjoy a strong Christmas.

All of which is a stark contrast to 3DS, however, which continues to perform solidly with lifetime sales now just shy of 35m units thanks to 2.49m unit sales in the last quarter – although that’s down 22 per cent year-on-year.

3DS software sales climbed 40 per cent to 16.37m units.

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