US Wii U sales trailed PS3 and 360 in January, analysts suggest

February 11th, 2013, 21:50 Posted By: wraggster

North American Wii U sales came in between 110,000 and 125,000 units in January, the console's second full month of availability in the territory, analysts have estimated.
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Wedbush / EEDAR January 2012 hardware sales estimates (change year-on-year):

• 360 - 180,000 (-33%) / 260,000 (-4%)
• 3DS - 160,000 (-7%) / 120,000 (-30%)
• PS3 - 145,000 (-24%) / 120,000 (-37%)
• Wii U - 125,000 (n/a) / 110,000 (n/a)
• DS - 60,000 (-21%) / 31,000 (-59%)
• Wii - 52,200 (-66%) / 39,000 (-74%)
• Vita - 45,000 (n/a) / 35,000 (n/a)
• PSP - 7,500 (-63%) / (n/a)
• PS2 - 300 (-96%) / (n/a)
• Total - 775,000 (-13%) / 715,000 (-20%)

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