With the release of Nintendo’s financial data today, we now have a better picture of how Splatoon 2 is selling as compared to its predecessor on Wii U.

As of December 31, 2017, Splatoon 2 (Switch) has moved 4.91 million copies worldwide. Splatoon (Wii U) shipped the same amount of copies by the end of 2017. The huge difference is Splatoon 2 managed to do this in just 5 months, as compared to Splatoon which accomplished this in 2 years and 7 months.