The Nintendo Switch 2 sold more consoles by the end of 2025 than the Wii U sold in its entire lifetime.
The Wii U is such an interesting console to look back on, as not only does it feel like a test run for what the Nintendo Switch would eventually become, but – outside of the Virtual Boy – it's hard to think of a system Nintendo struggled with more. The actual game library was great – as evidenced by the fact pretty much every single one of its games came to Switch – but with a name like that, it had not a chance in the world of being successful. It eventually ended up as Nintendo's second worst-selling console ever with just 13.56 million sold in its four-year lifespan.
So it's not exactly a big surprise that the Nintendo Switch 2 – which was already the company's fastest-selling console of all time – has officially outsold the Wii U. In the latest financial results release from Nintendo, it was confirmed that as of December 31, 2025, the Nintendo Switch 2 had sold 17.37 million consoles in just under seven months. However, it still has a ways to go to beat the Wii U's 130.60 million sales on the software front, with the Switch 2 sitting at 37.93 million games sold. Between September and December was the console's strongest period, selling over seven million units over the holiday period.
Nintendo does what '90s Nintendo could only dream of – sell out of the Virtual Boy
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