Only 300,000 Wii U's sold in last 3 months

Nintendo has revealed the latest sales figures for the Wii U, a disappointing 300,000 units sold in the last three months.

That figure is for sales between July and September, which means that over the last six months the console has only sold 460,000 units.

The company is still insisting that a strong first-party line-up of games is key to getting more players on board.

"For Wii U, we attempt to concentrate on pro-actively releasing key first-party titles towards the coming year in order to regain momentum for the platform," said Nintendo.

"For the coming year-end sales season, we will release key first-party titles such as Wii Party U and Super Mario 3D World, and offer the Wii U hardware at an affordable price by bundling software with the system.

"We will also try new promotional activities such as a campaign where users can experience Wii Fit U free of charge."

Overall the Wii U has sold 3.91 million units since launching in November 2012.

Nintendo originally forecast 9 million units sold by 31 March 2014, which now seems like a near impossible target.