Wii U Sells 1.19M in Past Six Months, Super Mario Maker "Vitalizes" the Platform

@Yams1980: to each their own i love alot of the games on the system despite lagging sales and a limited selection i seem to be using the wii u more in the past 2 years then the other consoles and PC that I own

@SterlingFox: maybe but mario is far superior then littlebigplanet (when comparing franchises) and as for 60millin being horrendous LMFAO - dude the BEST selling console of all time was the Playstation 2 and it sold 131 million units...and the 2nd best, 3rd best, and 4th best selling consoles (all belong to Nintendo) with the Wii (2006>present) being the best of :"their" consoles revenue wise..with just over 103 million units...and with the Wii U (2012>present) merely 3 years 60 million units is horrendous ? PS4=1 year newer/younger (2013>present) and its solid what 73.1 million units...so the Wii U is lagging (no one has argued that) but..to say horrendous would be like 20 million units in 3-4 years..>THAT would be bad...and no offense...but um for me I've been enjoying the console far more the past 1-2 years then the other consoles I own (and PC as well) I buy all current gen consoles + handhelds + a newer/modern PC (Asus) so I can just pick and choose which titles I want to play on whatever platforms I choose...and with Xenoblade Chronicles X (such a great game the original was...thank god for Operation Rainfall) and the fact that next months "X" release is going to be bigger, better, and all of the above I cant wait (especially with the title already being out in japan and doing so very well) - then you have the already released games for the console granted maybe only a limited selection (and let me add I'm far from a fan boy though I've been a gamer for 26 years and grew up on Nintendo) I dont pick one company/developer/platform to fall for and defend it...it is what it is - I own all the consoles across the board...but I have to say despite the negative responses to Wii U - from Wind Waker HD (release) considering thats the only zelda I didnt get to play the first time around when it was released in 2003 for the GC I obviously got it this time around...furthermore I cant speak for Mario Maker...as I dont own it (nor do I have any interest in owning it) but THE OTHER mario titles like for example Super Mario 3D Land/World (respectively the WII U version and the 3DS version) Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (even if these games are reboots, HD remakes, rehashed material) so what ppl love them, they get good reviews and I cant get enough Mario platforming (never could for nearly 3 decades) but thats just me to each their own...but also Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash U, even Pikmin 3 surprised me, among a few other titles (and with Star Fox next year, early 2016, the Zelda U title which I obviously wont miss, and next months monumental 300-hour Xenoblade Chronicles X which has already gotten 9/10 4.5/5 (so on and so on) and has received critical acclaim already in 2 regions ...its only 2 weeks away personally I dont understand all this talk about "nintendo dying this" or "not doing as well" "no real game selection on current console" LOL...right (despite Skylanders franchise and the billions it creates, Mario franchise BEING the biggest franchise EVER, and those are accurate statements) oh lets throw in Pokemon franchise (and Rock Hard which now has the rights to develop for nintendo and RARE coming out of the closet) future releases, future profits - and lets also not forget Nintendo still controls the handheld market, with a few releases (left this year, and next year) that are big and highly hyped for the U and the next console already on the horizon and with the 3DS XL/New 3DS XL doing well - (and according to this report the wii u is doing a bit better)...yea ok nintendos dying lol...I heard that 12 years ago...mhm...believe it when I see no fanboyism here just flat out fact...to each their own great thing about arts&entertainment is everything is subjective/opinion no one is "right" (other then quarterly revenues/charts/sheets/statistics/profit gain) OTHER then that...everything else in this industry is about taste/opinion ...yet I always hear nintendo bashing...I just laugh cause I know it doesnt affect them in the long run...check it out just watch :)

@harlemstruggle: You can't really call something "addictive" if you've only played it for a handful of hours. 6 hours is nothing.

@harlemstruggle: Ehh, I played it for a week or two, but it got repetitive. They need to change how the levels get selected. Playing the same 2 levels over the course of a day makes it get stale.

@harlemstruggle: I am going to look like a idiot buy asking but could you please explain the joke because I don't get it

@Oloryn: You're right. Nintendo may be lagging behind in sales numbers, but the hot sellers for their consoles are mostly first party software, giving them a much bigger cut of the profits. Microsoft and Sony get a lot less revenue from all these third party devs creating content for their consoles.

Mario games, super smash, zelda, nintendo's not going away. They may not have 15 million console sales, but they have dedicated fans.

@Megavideogamer: Xenoblade Chronicles X is coming out in December tho.

@yukushi: They're not gaining. XB1 is outpacing it in sales, which means the gap is going to get wider and wider.

@yukushi: Yeah that'll change after the holidays, even so, that 14.4 is from a few months ago

@yukushi: it launched a year before, it should be way ahead and it's getting more and more behind

@yukushi:

No real dog in this fight and not sure where you're getting the XB1 numbers from but...WiiU released a year earlier than the XB1 and the XB1 has 37.1% higher sales (10.5*1.3714=14.4). This seems like a big difference to me.

And with most of Nintendo's top games for the platform (minus Zelda) already out, and Nintendo switching focus to their next console the NX, I don't think those numbers are likely to change for the better going forward.

Personally, I hope Nintendo takes this as an opportunity to put out a console that is powerful enough to achieve parity with the next Sony and Microsoft consoles (not their current consoles, the next ones) so they have a console that can play all of the multiplatform titles AND their own first party exclusives. That would be an interesting value pitch for the next generation.

They're handicapping themselves by continually putting out consoles that can't play CURRENT 3rd party games. Sure, the WiiU can play PS3/360 games, but most people who were going to buy those already have for their 360/PS3.

@Bread_or_Decide: Japan alone accounts for 1.17 million copies sold. This is a problem that Nintendo's going to continue to have over the years as their home country shifts to different kinds of games and mediums while other major markets still enjoy their large world multiplayer console games.

@Bread_or_Decide: I still havnt bought my copy, we are buying one for a Christmas gift. But them numbers are amazing.