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Switch vs Wii U – VGChartz Gap Charts – October 2017 Update

In the latest month the Nintendo Switch has moved even closer to the lifetime sales of the Wii U by 893,711 units. In just eight months the Switch has been able to sell nearly 60 percent of what the Wii U has done lifetime. The Wii U’s lead has shrunk down to 5.61 million units.

The Wii U launched in November 2012, while the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017. The Switch has sold 7.82 million units, while the Wii U has sold 13.53 million units.

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darthv723093d ago

WiiU, while being a really good system, just wasn't taken seriously by gamers and that is a shame. Nintendo knew early on it wasn't doing so well and instead of being price competitive they just let it suffer. At least they are turing things around with the Switch.

JaguarEvolved3092d ago (Edited 3092d ago )

Wow, you think Wii u was a good system? Wii u was and is rubbish. Switch is better than the Wii u but it's lacking games already just like the Wii u and a lot of the games already are literally being hampered by the weak hardware. Zelda botw is a good game which I have but it's still doesn't look as good as the original Zelda Wii u tech demo. Zelda which is almost a 40year old franchise should be up to the standards of a witcher 3. Ocarina of time is my favourite Zelda game and it is a marvel for the time it came out but truthfully botw isn't really a marvel in today's time and it's mostly because of the hardware of the switch. I know the switch is more powerful than the ps vita that came out in 2012 but the games or what I've seen for the switch doesn't show that.

Segata3092d ago

Wii U had some great games. Many of them are being ported to Switch. Now Switch just needs Wonderful 101, Xenoblade X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. Wii U had a great but limited library.

JaguarEvolved3092d ago

The switch needs more games that aren't Wii u ports. I have a switch and Zelda botw but I haven't seen any upcoming games that I'm interested in other than metroid 4 which might be coming out in 2019. I have a ps4 which has a lot of new AAA games to play now and in the future with a lot of exclusive games to play now and in the near future that we know about. The switch needs a lot of games and it needs new games that are third party games and exclusive. Bayonetta 3 is coming which is nice but Nintendo needs to do a lot better. The ps4 has a lot of old ports from previous generation but it has a lot of games

Prince_TFK3091d ago

Jesus christ the Switch has just been released less than one year. You think games take only 1 day to make?

I hate it when people say the Switch has little games, when there in fact are so many games to choose from.

Gemmol3092d ago

No they did not let it suffer they knew it was over so they did not drop the price this is why it was profitable the last 2.5 years

So even tho it didn't get the customers, it did get money

Knushwood Butt3091d ago

It was sold at a loss for a long time prior to that.

trunkswd3092d ago

It won't take much longer for the Switch to outsell the Wii U. A big turnaround for Nintendo.

PhoenixUp3092d ago

Wii U is one of be biggest failures for a major console

Gemmol3092d ago

No because it made profit, other companies would lower the cost of the system to help the situation while Nintendo was smart left it same price and pick up money, it was profitable the last 2.5 years without needing a game sale

PhoenixUp3091d ago

Yes because even Nintendo regards it as a failure.

Nintendo couldn’t drop the Wii U’s price even if they wanted because of how expensive the Gamepad was.

Even so keeping a $300 pricepoint its entire lifetime wasn’t smart since that’s a big reason it failed in the first place. Imagine what would’ve happened if Nintendo kept 3DS at $250.

kevnb3092d ago

people didnt understand what the wii u was, the switch doesnt have this problem.

Segata3092d ago

Switch also has good hardware for what it is unlike Wii U and great marketing unlike Wii U.

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How Cole Young Almost Became Canon in Mortal Kombat

Cole Young almost made the jump from movie newcomer to game canon in Mortal Kombat 1, but a last-minute time crunch shut it down.

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Nintendo has discounted a bunch of its Switch games in new rare sale

A rare first-party Nintendo games sale has just gone live on Amazon with around a dozen of the company's titles discounted.

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PRIMORDUS29d ago

"Digital Code" Hard pass. I only buy used physical Switch/Switch 2 games off ebay.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot29d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle29d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7729d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments