Wii U – 425,000 units sold in 7 days
As noted earlier, the Wii U was no slouch at launch, and although its commercial performance was unable to match its predecessor, numbers were still very respectable. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime noted that the console recorded stronger figures than other HD consoles at the time. The Wii U would go on to achieve 636,000 in its first month in the US. That fortune was not to continue, however, as the Wii U would go down in history as the company’s worst ever selling home console (not including the Virtual Boy).
Wii – 475,000 units sold in 7 days
Nintendo’s Wii took the world by storm, but you might be surprised to learn that it took a while to gain traction in the US market. The console would of course go on to become a stratospheric success for the big N, shaping the entire future impetus of the company to occupy a separate market space from other competitors such as Sony and Microsoft. The Wii’s fairly modest initial figures also highlight that a console’s overall success is a marathon, not a sprint.
