MTZehvor said:
That's next to impossible. Nintendo's Q2 2014 financial report has Wii U at 7.29 million lifetime WW. Wii U would have to have more than doubled its first year sales in six months to meet that mark. Additionally, Nintendo's Q4 2012 financial report claims Wii U sold 3.45 million in 2012 alone, so the console would have to have sold 500 K or less over a 10 month span in order to wind up at 3.5 million for its first 12 months. Wii U didn't have strong legs, but it was nowhere near as bad as that. VGSales Wiki has Wii U at 6.17 million after a full year, which admittedly isn't verified by anything official, but it's a much more reasonable number than assuming a console suddenly doubled its sales in half a year after only selling 500 K during the past 10 months. |
Official Nintendo shipped numbers:
Dec '12 3.06 million (Wii U launched November 18, '12)
Mar '13 3.45 million
Jun '13 3.61 million
Sep '13 3.91 million
Dec '13 5.86 million
Mar '14 6.17 million
Jun '14 6.68 million
Sep '14 7.29 million
So first 4 quarters shipped numbers were 3.91, and after 5th quarter 5.86 million (including Christmas 2013).
These are the trailing 4 quarterly shipments for Wii U:
4 quarter ending Sep '13 3.91 million
4 quarter ending Dec '13 2.80 million
4 quarter ending Mar '14 2.72 million
4 quarter ending Jun '14 3.07 million
4 quarter ending Sep '14 3.38 million
