Nintendo is 'irrelevant', says video games boss Nintendo has sold 3.61 million Wii U systems around the world since its launch, which is below company expectations, and plans to sell nine million by the end of March 2014. But despite writing off Nintendo as a console hardware manufacturer, Rubin praised its iconic designer Shigeru Miyamoto for his contributions to the industry. Rubin was one of the co-founders of Naughty Dog, which is best known for the series of Crash Bandicoot games. He was then President of THQ until it declared bankruptcy in December 2012. The original Wii outsold the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, selling more than 100 million consoles, compared to 80 million for each of the ageing Microsoft and Sony consoles. In October of this year, the 3DS also outperformed the Xbox 360 and PS3, selling 452,000 units in the US. Both the PS4 and Xbox One have comfortably outsold Nintendo's Wii U, which was released in the UK over a year ago, however.