Just how poorly is the Wii U selling? We’ll show you

A lot of people are telling you that the Wii U isn’t selling well, but it’s a lot easier to see just how much Nintendo’s newest console is struggling when we compare it to the past.

During Nintendo’s financial report for the last fiscal year (which ended March 31), it announced that it has only sold 6.17 million Wii U systems since the console’s launch in November 2012. To give that number some context, let’s look at the previous generation of consoles.