We knew it was bound to happen, but it’s been confirmed today that the Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii U lifetime sales in less than a year in Japan. Between December 2012 to December 2017 Nintendo’s struggling Wii U console sold 3.3 million units. Now as of March 3rd 2017 to December 24, 2017 Nintendo has shifted 3.3 million Nintendo Switch consoles. This means that the Nintendo Switch has outsold the Wii U is less than a year, which is extremely encouraging for the system going forward.
Japan: Nintendo Switch Has Now Outsold Wii U Lifetime Sales In Less Than A Year
That’s awesome and kind of staggering! Imagine if they’d have just developed Switch in 2012 and just binned the Wii U concept. However I think they needed a practice shot with Wii U to decide how NOT to do things. The Nintendo of Wii U era was pretty ignorant to what was going on around them
They were a bit lazy since they only had a good few games
I disagree with this. The software drought at the beginning of the Wii U was down to difficulty developing HD games – they were behind the curve. And to bookend that, towards the end of the consoles life, all the good games were developed for Switch. Yes, Odyssey was originally intended for Wii U. Along with other titles. We got pap like Animal Crossing amiibo whatsit as a token gesture just so people couldn’t say Nintendo abandoned the platform
I can tell wait to see the animal crossing switch and here Nintendo say oh it was plan for the Wii U I just know there going to say it
With those games will not have achieved the same success. It’s not just the hardware, even if it is important.
The Switch would have been very weak or very expensive with 2012 tech.
ALRIGHT WE GET IT! YOU DON’T LIKE THE WII U!
“We” lol how many of you are ? :P
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Damn. I knew it and didn’t Sickr already posted something like this yesterday? Not saying the same news but the opposite. XD
It was splatoon switch copies sold more than the wii u orginal copies
And it’s practically the same game. lol
I have to agree and I didn’t even own the Wii U just seeming the similar gameplay
Just by basic observation, you can tell that it is.
Why do we never hear about how well the Switch is selling in North America?
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3.3m Wii U sold in Japan. The other 10m & something was scattered across the globe. When you take that into consideration, the Wii U truly was… A massive failure. :/
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