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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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Why would you manufacture 400k units, when your previous hardware sold 600k at launch and couldn't even come close to demand? If the tablet controller is that hard to manufacture then I guess that's a problem, but providing that little product I would consider a failure. I was considering buying a WiiU at launch, but it was such a pain in the butt to find one, I just decided to spend my money elsewhere for now.
Comparing hardware sales of a brand new console to consoles that are more than 5 or 6 years old is also fairly silly. Hell, just comparing console sales is fairly silly, as the the big three have fairly different strategies on where they make their money anyway.
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