Nintendo's first quarter financials reveal a mixed bag of news for the Wii U, as lifetime sales for the console edged past the 10 million mark but fell year-on-year.
For the three month period ending June 30, the company sold 470,000 units of the Wii U compared with 510,000 last year. In terms of breakdown, sales in Japan shot up from 60,000 last year to 150,000 this year, though the opposite was true in the rest of the world.
In the US sales fell from 280,000 last year to just 190,000 in this period. Similarly sales in other territories went from 170,000 to 130,000.
This drop is despite the launch of Splatoon, which has sold 1.62 million units despite launching at the end of May. Wii U software sold a total of 4.55 million units worldwide.
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For the three month period ending June 30, the company sold 470,000 units of the Wii U compared with 510,000 last year. In terms of breakdown, sales in Japan shot up from 60,000 last year to 150,000 this year, though the opposite was true in the rest of the world.
In the US sales fell from 280,000 last year to just 190,000 in this period. Similarly sales in other territories went from 170,000 to 130,000.
This drop is despite the launch of Splatoon, which has sold 1.62 million units despite launching at the end of May. Wii U software sold a total of 4.55 million units worldwide.
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