The U in Wii U stands for you… 400,000 of you to be precise

<p>Last week&comma; Nintendo released its newest console marking the next console generation&comma; the Wii U&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since then there have been a mixture of good and bad reports on the console with some news outlets claiming that Nintendo has taken a step back and that the Wii U is destined to failure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Figures usually speak louder than words however and Nintendo have revealed that the Wii U has sold 400&comma;000 units in its first week on sale&period; In comparison to this figure&comma; the original Wii &lpar;2006&rpar; sold 600&comma;000 units in its first eight days on sale&period; So whilst Nintendo may be happy with the initial performance&comma; it still isn&&num;8217&semi;t as successful as the Wii&&num;8230&semi; unless it has sold another 200&comma;001 units in the space of 24 hours anyway&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other figures from Nintendo reveal that the Wii sold 300&comma;000 units&comma; the 3DS sold 250&comma;000 units and the DS family-tree &lpar;Lite&comma; DSi and DSiXL we assume&rpar; sold 275&comma;000&period; Yes&period; The original DS is still outselling the new 3DS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Did you pick up any gaming systems over Black Friday&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;wii-u-sells-400000-in-first-week-6400582">Gamespot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;