Nintendo wants to ship 5.5 million by March 31st. Currently, at 2,207,828 as of Dec 22. There are 15 unreported sales weeks left until March 31st.
To reach 5.5 million in sales, Wii U needs to sell 3,292,172 in 15 weeks, or 219,478 / week.
Take a look below at how the Wii fared during its launch period, during the same 15 weeks from the last week of Decemeber 2006 through end of March 2007.
As you can see the Wii posted 3,168,846 sales during this period, averaging 211,256/ week - to end with 5,838,056 in sales.
Thus, the Wii U would need to outpace the Wii every single week in sales, just in order to reach 5.5 million in sales. The Wii U has not even come close to doing so once so far, and it will not do so at any point through the end of March.
So, it is a virtual guarantee that the Wii U will not sell 5.5 million. But, Nintendo's goal was to ship 5.5 million. They didn't provide a sales goal.
| Week End Dec 30 - Wii |
285,571 |
(-52%) |
2,954,781 |
| Week End Jan 6 - Wii |
304,147 |
(+7%) |
3,258,928 |
| Week End Jan 13 - Wii |
251,498 |
(-17%) |
3,510,426 |
| Week End Jan 20 - Wii |
245,435 |
(-2%) |
3,755,861 |
| Week End Jan 27 - Wii |
251,288 |
(+2%) |
4,007,149 |
| Week End Feb 3 - Wii |
231,018 |
(-8%) |
4,238,167 |
| Week Feb 10 - Wii |
220,974 |
(-4%) |
4,459,141 |
| Week Feb 17 - Wii |
216,779 |
(-2%) |
4,675,920 |
| Week Feb 24 - Wii |
232,912 |
(+7%) |
4,908,832 |
| Week Mar 3 - Wii |
200,263 |
(-14%) |
5,109,095 |
| Week Mar 10 - Wii |
181,394 |
(-9%) |
5,290,489 |
| Week Mar 17 - Wii |
193,202 |
(+7%) |
5,483,691 |
| Week Mar 24 - Wii |
199,293 |
(+3%) |
5,682,984 |
| Week Mar 31 - Wii |
155,072 |
(-22%) |
5,838,056 |
