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Wii U sells 400K in launch week, 'essentially sold out'
by Andrew Yoon, Nov 26, 2012 1:00pm PSTAs expected, Nintendo has "essentially sold out" of Wii U's initial launch supply. The company has sold 400K units of its new-generation tablet-integrated console.
"Wii U is essentially sold out of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET. "Retailers are also doing their best to get the product to store shelves. But as soon as product hits retail, they're selling out immediately."
With 400K units sold, the launch has bested that of Xbox 360, which debuted with 326K units sold in its first two weeks of sales. However, it comes short of the tremendous demand of the original Wii. Nintendo's previous generation console managed to sell 600K units in its first week, and remained perpetually sold out for years.
While Nintendo will likely love a repeat performance, Fils-Aime is skeptical. "Wii was a unique phenomenon," Fils-Aime said. "We've certainly learned many lessons from that and we are replenishing retailers more quickly this time around."
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As expected, Nintendo has "essentially sold out" of Wii U's initial launch supply. The company has sold 400K units of its new-generation tablet-integrated console.
As expected, Nintendo has "essentially sold out" of Wii U's initial launch supply. The company has sold 400K units of its new-generation tablet-integrated console. : Shacknews
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If Nintendo can't call it a success when largely selling out of units, while also selling more units in a week than the Xbox 360 and PS3 have listed as their sales numbers for two weeks, then when are they allowed to call their sales a success?
If you're going to call 'outselling the competition' a failure (regardless of if you're looking at the Wii or the Wii U here), then I guess Nintendo is pretty guilty as charged there. We'll just have to wait and see if the PS4 and Xbox 720/whatever manage to beat Nintendo in sales this time around, but given Nintendo's current strength in sales, they've got their work cut out for them.
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