Worldwide Wii U Sales Up +94% After Price Drop and Retail Release of The Wind Waker HD

Wii U sales went up last week to a new 2013 high of 83,504, the old record being 65,596 during the week ending March 30th. In comparison back in the 360's first year of life, on the week ending Oct 14th it sold 77,836 worldwide and the week before that 87,637 and lastly the week before that 89,330, meanwhile the PS3 in its first year of life sold 84,796 the week ending Oct 6th (with 86,583 & 73,670 the previous two weeks). So the Wii U is now actually performing up to par with other systems in their first year.

Stay tuned to see what the Wii Party U bundle does in Japan on Oct 30th.