How much money did Nintendo lose from the Wii U?

Nintendo records $49 million operating loss as Wii U sales crumble.

Did the Wii U turn profit?

History says yes, as it stopped losing money in 2014, leading to their first profitable year reported in 2015.

How much money did Nintendo make on the Wii U?

Nintendo made an operating profit of ¥21.7 billion ($210 million) in its crucial fiscal third quarter as the Wii U picked up sales over the holiday shopping period. Net income was ¥9.6 billion ($93 million).

Did the Wii U flop?

Today, the company is enjoying tremendous success thanks to the Nintendo Switch, a system that has sold over 114 million units. But on November 18, 2012, Nintendo's Wii U system launched in North America, which eventually became one of the renowned company's biggest flops ever.

Why did the Wii U fail so badly?

The Wii U Lacked Third-Party Support

The Wii U's hardware was in a weird spot (it had a relatively good GPU but an underpowered CPU), and Nintendo was way behind the competition with regards to online play. This gave developers a hard time in trying to release third-party titles for the Wii U.

How Nintendo loses money on every Wii U

Do Nintendo still Repair Wii U?

Nintendo no longer offers factory repairs for the Wii U console, the Wii U GamePad, or Wii U accessories. You may find our information on replacement and upgrade options helpful.

Was the Wii U a success or failure?

For some statistics: It's predecessor was the Nintendo Wii, which sold 101.63 million units. The Nintendo Wii U sold 13.56 million. So, by comparison, it was in fact a failure.

Why wasn t the Wii U successful?

Unfortunately, things didn't pan out the way Nintendo had planned. The Wii U didn't appeal to casual gamers the way the Wii did, and the console's limited options and lackluster technical capabilities alienated the hardcore gamers Nintendo aimed to attract.

How many Wii U's have been sold?

The Wii U bows out gracefully, if not to applause. Nintendo has updated its lifetime hardware sales figures following its most recent financials briefing. In doing so, it put the Wii U's lifetime hardware sales through to the end of December 2016 at 13.56 million.

Did the Wii U sell less than the GameCube?

The last Nintendo system before the Wii U to disappoint was the GameCube. In the same period of November to September, the GameCube sold 6.68 million units, about 2.5 million more than the Wii U. Furthermore, the GameCube sold 2.8 million units during that same dark period that the Wii U sold 460,000.

Did the switch outsell the Wii U?

For example, the Nintendo Switch has now sold more hardware units than the total number of software (game) sales for Nintendo's Wii U console, the Switch's predecessor. A total of 103.45 million games were sold for Nintendo's dual-screen home console during its lifetime.

How much did Mario Kart 8 Wii U sell?

Mario Kart 8 is the one of the best-selling video games of all time, at over 60.46 million sold. It is also the best-selling Wii U game at 8.46 million sold and the best-selling Nintendo Switch game at 52 million.

Did the Wii U sell well in Japan?

In its first week after its release on 8 December in Japan - almost three weeks after the US and more than one behind the UK - the Wii U didn't do too badly at all, selling 308,570 units. The original Wii sold 371,936 in the same region in its first week back in 2006.

What is the last Wii U game?

Zelda Is Nintendo's Last Wii U Game | PCMag.

Did the Wii outsell the Xbox?

To date, the Wii has sold nearly 97 million units worldwide, compared with the Xbox 360's 67 million and the Playstation 3's 64 million. While rivals struggled to sell more than a few million copies of their games, Nintendo routinely sold tens of millions. Wii Sports Resort sold 30 million. Wii Play sold 28 million.

Was the GameCube a failure?

Despite making a small profit for Nintendo, the GameCube lost Nintendo sizable market share, finishing in third place in terms of hardware sales, which has led to it being characterized as a commercial failure.

What year did Wii end?

The Wii was formally discontinued in October 2013, though Nintendo continued to produce and market the Wii Mini through 2017, and offered a subset of the Wii's online services through 2019.

What is replacing the Wii U?

It's a true demonstration of how powerful first impressions can be; for the Wii U, its debut trailer brought doubt and confusion, whereas its successor, the Switch, debuted to palpable excitement. But were the two reveals really so different?

Is Wii U still popular?

Since the system sold so poorly, fewer of them are around. The Wii U sold only a fraction of the amount other Nintendo consoles have. Because of the lack of demand for Wii U's, Nintendo didn't make as many of them. There are nowhere near as many Wii U's on the market, making it far rarer than other Nintendo consoles.

Is the Wii retired?

It was released in 2012. The Wii was discontinued in 2013.

Does Nintendo fix drift for free?

Like we mentioned, Nintendo will repair any drifting Joy-Cons for free.