Wii system sales cross 100 million units

That tablet controller was a bad idea. Nintendo should've just upgraded the original Wii's specs and made the sensor more accurate. I don't know what they were thinking. I imagine someone at Nintendo HQ said something along the lines, "Well, tablets are hot right now, why not implement that into our new console?" Horrible decision.

surprised that neither the nes or snes sold 100 mil. congrats i guess though i am a firm motion gaming/wii hater.

i enjoy My wii. I let it collect dust for 2 years though. Just recently got back into it. Getting all the games i missed and also replaying some Gamecube games.

100 is the key number here. That's how many years you'll still be seeing these things crop up in garage sales :P

At least the Wii had some really classic titles though. The Wii U has a long way to go to reach the potential of what some of the titles that appeared on the Wii acheived.

With the Wii the knew how to program for those graphics etc. With the Wii U its like they are just learning this HD thing and how to do it effectively with the hardware they have.. By that point if the Wii had gong with Hd graphics, the Wii U would not have been in this software shortage...

Remember when they transitioned from the Super Nes to N64.. Its like the leap in tech through them a curve ball and they had to learn all these new techniques.

Because they betted against Hd TV getting so popular, so quickly.. Now its catching up

@SIDEFX1 Maybe you are a fan of Mario, or the Zelda series... Maybe you have small kids that don't care about top tier graphics.... maybe you're an infrequent gamer that just wanted something less expensive to play at social game nights. Basically... because there is a market for Wii users. Not everyone is in need of a Benz, plenty of people are ok with a Civic. Its not that complicated. I hope this helps.

@SIDEFX1 both dimwit and just stupid casual noob with technological lacked brain to discern anything more than 8 byte polygon.

I'm going to say good for Nintendo on this milestone, but the fad has done what fads do and faded away. They focused heavily on the not so traditional gamer like grand dad, mom, and others who didn't play games and don't play games on a regular basis. They lured them in with the Wii remote which is far less intimidating then a PS3 or 360 controller.

Problem is, these were not serious gamers and they have gotten over the Wii "craze" and could care less about the Wii U. If I was wrong on that point, please show me via the sales how I'm wrong because 3.61 million sales isn't going to change my opinion.

The regular hardcore gaming community is busy saving their money for the soon to be released PS4 and Xbox One and they argue amongst themselves as if the Wii U doesn't even exist. That can't be a good thing but again, if I'm wrong show me via the sales. Let's see them climb their way out of what many consider to be a almost guaranteed 3rd place and distant one at that.

I assume most of the buyers are now completely stumped why their wii can't run wiiU games.

Crazy that the Wii is outselling the Wii U. One would figure that every person that was going to own a Wii would have purchased it by now.

Congrats to the big N for another milestone. Now please get your act together.

The Wii U won't sale this much.

How Eddie makes articles:

Posts unconfirmed amount of Wii sales.

Then posts 360 sales up to 2013 and PS3 sales up to 2012.

QUALITY.

Nintendo sells a lot of bigmacs....it still does not mean it's good or quality food...it only means it's accessible and very cheap, which is the Wii

Is Nintendo Wii the 2nd best selling console of all time?

100 millions times $250 plus millions of wii remote sold plus millions of wii fit sold.

Nintendo still has a lot of money in the bank

So the Wii's outselling the Wii U......dang Nintendo, that's just pathetic marketing, especially since the Wii U can do everything plus more than the original Wii.

Shows you how impressive the PS2 sales were ending with over 154m. Where the Ps3 is at is pretty impressive as well considering how it started. Wii owes much success to the Ps3s early debacle.

why would you buy wii instead wii u you can use wii stuff on wii u and play wii games on wii u

All those Wii's sold and only 5 good games.. some of them not even ported to USA .... great job, Nintendo.

I have a Ps3 but bought a Wii last week, love it!!!!