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Wii U: 13.56 million units sold
The Wii U is the #27 best-selling gaming machine of all time in this dataset. It belongs to the 8th generation, where it placed #5 of 5 machines by units sold.
- 13.6MUnits sold
- #27All-time rank
- 8Generation
- 2012Released
Games released on the Wii U hold 631 Game of the Year awards in this database, led by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with 265. A game counts for every machine it shipped on, so these totals overlap between consoles. The most-awarded games on it: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (265, 2017); Super Mario Galaxy (46, 2007); Batman: Arkham City (42, 2011).
Generation 8 counts 5 machines here, 369.0 million units between them; the best seller was Nintendo Switch at 156.6 million. The sales figure comes from Wikipedia, List of best-selling game consoles, as recorded here on 26 August 2026.
Of the 15 Nintendo machines tracked here, it is number 12 by units sold, behind Nintendo Switch at 156.6 million.