The wii U established new benchmarks for hardware and software sales in a single month in December. This helped total hardware and software sales in 2014 increase by more than 29% and more than 75% respectively, over sales in 2013.
The 3DS also had a strong December, including the largest month ever for first-party software sales. This was mainly brought by Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS, which has already surpassed over 2 million combined physical and digital units sold, in a little more than months and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, have combined to sell 2.6 million units sold in the first 6 weeks, with many more units being sold in the coming weeks.
“Wii U had its strongest year yet thanks to the highly anticipated games lineup and the introduction of the Amiibo platform,” Said Scott Moffitt, VP of Sales & Marketing for Nintendo of America,”
This is great for nintendo, because they are slowly becoming a force in the console wars.
“Fans can anticipate another strong year for 2015, especially with more highly anticipated games like Splatoon & The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, as well as the New 3DS XL,” which is arriving some time in February.
Some more highlights from the year of 2014:
Wii U:
- Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sold over 1.7 million units and 1.3 million units, in 2014.
- Total sales of the Amiibo figures in 2014 are nearly double the sales of Super Smash Bros. For Wii U
Nintendo 3DS:
- In 2014, the top 15 best-selling hand-held titles were all released on the 3DS family.