The Wii U so far is only sold in the U.S. In the wii's first week it was also sold in mexico and canada. also the PS3 And 360 didn't sale anymore than the wii u in the first week either. 400k for the u.s alone is a very good number.
Btw the wii only sold 300k in the u.s in its first week and was priced at what...$100? while the Wii U is 300/350...thats pretty impressive actually.plus it was before the economy bust right?
Good start, for a launch week. But Nintendo needs to get as many Wii U's as possible to retailers right before the holiday shopping frenzy starts. Shit's gonna explode then. :P
You are aware that the biggest part of the shopping frenzy actually ended on Black Friday, right? Anyway, with more Xmas weeks to come, I'm sure it'll sell steadily.
Come January, sales will plummet and maybe we can have some justice! (probably not)
Here in UK Black friday is... nothing. It doesn't exist apart from the amazon UK putting up some pretty awesome deals.
Boxing day (26th dec, day after Christmas) is our 'shopping frenzy' and of course everything leading up to Christmas.
Oh, and also in January, most retailers tend to make discounts which is worth a mention (known as the January Sales). Many electronic items get a huge price slash since (I'm assuming) they are left overs from what wasn't sold before Christmas.
Nintendo needs to cater all, not just US and your Black friday deals (which I dont discredit, I'm actually rather jealous). I'm sure the rest of Europe, and indeed the rest of the world have many other 'shopping frenzies' which needs attention.
I envy the rest of the world...I hate Black Friday with a passion.
OT...I've been to several stores that sell Wii U's and they all had them in stock..."essentially sold out" is just not true. Maybe in some regions of the country it's different.
I saw a store that had 2 wiiu's I wanted a deluxe one which is sold out like crazy. though when I went back both were gone. and im sure all stores that had a slight stock got cleared out on blackfriday.
Not a bad start, but as we all know the first week sales of a system (whether good or bad) are no indication of how it will do in the future. How the system keeps that sales momentum going along with a steady flow of good games will determine it's success.
That being said I'm glad the 8th gen of home consoles has finally started. Can't wait to see what Sony and Microsoft are cooking up as I believe this gen is going to a be a quite an interesting one. All the best to them all.
And lets remember the core fans are the ones that usually flock to get the systems within the first week. We can't really judge its lifespan with a week result. Guess we'll have to wait and see how it does in a couple months. So people shouldn't bash or make excuses why it did so mediocre I guess. @Zodiac children convincing their parents for an hdtv? Really? Hahaha
Those are pretty good sales but you have to take into account that when the Wii was released it was much cheaper than the PS3 and the 360 so many people bought immediately. But like i stated before i dont believe that the Wii U will be as successful as the Wii due to its high price point and the fact that future consoles by Sony and Microsoft will be priced similarly to it. By that i mean that instead of being 350€ they will cost 400€ per console with the premium ones costing 500€.
No, you're right. They did more, as did the Wii, but that was 6 years ago before the economy went to shit.
when you are buying a T.V. on Black Friday and two children are trying to convince their parents that a 300 dollar 38 inch HDTV is not too expensive, then 400,000 units is looking pretty damn good.
i wonder how many of those 400,000 could actually afford it, and didn't just swipe a credit card without thinking.
That's so awesome to see that the 3DS is still growing steadily. I remember working at Toys R Us a year ago, trying to explain the benefits over the DSi and the like. I feel some amount of pride in the fact that about 9 out of every 10 customers who came to me with a DS, I made sure they left with a 3DS.
You mean what people are buying toys for their children at toys r us?
That goes without saying.
And also at the time you have a giant wall of DS titles, and only a small display on the end of the case with 3DS titles.
All I'm saying, is people don't just "buy" hardware, it has to be acquired by an associate at most stores, which hopefully hire intelligent and knowledgeable people to work in the electronics section.
I think what they mean is that this week in overall Nintendo hardware, meaning 3DS,DS,Wii and Wii U combined, Nintendo sold 1.2 million units. 400,000 of that 1.2 million sold were Wii U units.
The point is that Wii is still a hot-topic to those who see it priced at $89 dollars with a game over the brand new unit for $299.. but despite that the Wii U still managed to sell well with the previous Wii being the main interest to families shopping this holiday
Yes the Wii is a 'hot topic' as you put it, to those comparing the Wii against the new system at $299, but it was exactly the same back when the Wii was launched.
The Wii was the new system and the Gamecube was the 'hot topic' console available for a bargain bin price.
So you cannot use the excuse that the Wii being available at a bargain price is the reason why the Wii U didn't match Wii sales figures as they both had the same 'issues' of having older systems available for a discounted price if you want to call it that.
And you think the Wii ISN'T dead? It's sales have plummeted since the announcement of the Wii U. Hell, it was in major decline before that.
Don't forget not only did the Wii have to go against a cheap Gamecube, cheap PS2 it also had a newly launched PS3 to go against and a relatively new 360 to go against.
The Wii U has zero new competition and has still only managed to sell just 66% of the amount the Wii sold.
Sure are a ton of fanboys throwing disagrees at anyone praising Nintendo. Wish them all well everyone one console launch pushes the others to get moving quick. I can't wait to see all 3 consoles fight it out!
400k is not bad at all considering the damage the Nintendo bashing brigade caused with stories making international news! Anyone who thinks that the state of the economy had nothing to do with Wii vs Wii u sales figures is an idiot...
yeah but they have pretty much ran out of Wii u stock at the moment its not people not buying its people can't buy there's a difference and with most Europe allocation taken up on pre orders its only going to do better at the moment. next year is the real test but they prob announce zelda or metroid by then not counting on 3d Mario yet that's gonna come later they can't afford to announce everything at once and with a Mario game out already metroid or zelda next best bet.
Except for its not sold out. Not even close. Go to Gamestop online or Best Buy. Go to Craigslist or EBay. There are so many that scalpers can't sell for any more then what they bought it for. They're not hard to find if you want one.
I don't agree with running out of stock. I went to PLENTY OF GAMESTOPS In NYC looking for my games, they all had Wii U's just sitting there. They even had signs up in the front door saying we still have Wii U's in stock.
just checked only white basic in stock and anyone with half a brain would wait for delux. even black pro pads are back ordered so yeah there's still a few about but I live in England so its no good for me anyway. only going by reports from the us.
Decent in my opinion for new hardware. Still, the demand in my opinion isn't that great. I went to a couple Gamestops and they all still had Wii U in stock. Maybe Christmas will change things, but I even see that as a fail seeing as to how most people get their deals on black friday. I think the Wii U will be fine. It's a new console so anything can happen, it's just the beginning after all. I was actually surprised how the PS3's were almost sold out everywhere though...including a bunch of the games.
They're swearing they're out of stock of units to ship. Although they aren't that hard to find in stores at the moment. Still if they sold 400K and they're truly out of stock then they greatly underestimated it's sales potential. Since I doubt they underestimated it because they would have spent plenty on market research, they are either holding back, or it's just PR.
No has doubts about the Wii U selling this Christmas. The trouble for Nintendo will come when the PS4 and X720 come around and games like BF4 and Star Wars 1313 (and REAL next gen games) won't be on the Wii U. People fell for Wii's gimmicks once. They won't fall for it again. The casual market is saturated, and the real gaming market (aka hardcore) doesn't really care about Nintendo anymore.
9/10 people bought the Deluxe. Now Microsoft & Sony know what price a system will sell at so no doubt they'll match that price for there next consoles. lol, Who'm I kidding, Sony will set it at $500.
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Oh, you didn't know? There are games on the iPad. Video games.
wii's were selling for 99$ all over the place and it sold 300k
the wiiu stock was limited and for 300$ was selling better than the wii @99$
everything is sold out and on back order.
Wii U seems to be doing pretty well. Glad I got mine day 1, I've loved it so far,
Finally an intelligent individual, people seem to forget that Nintendo only ship a few to stores making it seem they sold out.
Anyway, with more Xmas weeks to come, I'm sure it'll sell steadily.
Come January, sales will plummet and maybe we can have some justice! (probably not)
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Although you're right, it's probably the biggest shopping season in the States.
and duh every year for any console
January sales are lower than December
thats just common fact -_-
Boxing day (26th dec, day after Christmas) is our 'shopping frenzy' and of course everything leading up to Christmas.
Oh, and also in January, most retailers tend to make discounts which is worth a mention (known as the January Sales). Many electronic items get a huge price slash since (I'm assuming) they are left overs from what wasn't sold before Christmas.
Nintendo needs to cater all, not just US and your Black friday deals (which I dont discredit, I'm actually rather jealous). I'm sure the rest of Europe, and indeed the rest of the world have many other 'shopping frenzies' which needs attention.
OT...I've been to several stores that sell Wii U's and they all had them in stock..."essentially sold out" is just not true. Maybe in some regions of the country it's different.
I wanted a deluxe one which is sold out like crazy.
though when I went back both were gone.
and im sure all stores that had a slight stock got cleared out on blackfriday.
That being said I'm glad the 8th gen of home consoles has finally started. Can't wait to see what Sony and Microsoft are cooking up as I believe this gen is going to a be a quite an interesting one. All the best to them all.
Is that really good? I remember 360s and Ps3 and Wiis for that matter moving a a lot more. I could be wrong though.
http://www.ign.com/articles...
400k still good though.
WiiU is dramatically selling better than an ipad..
when you are buying a T.V. on Black Friday and two children are trying to convince their parents that a 300 dollar 38 inch HDTV is not too expensive, then 400,000 units is looking pretty damn good.
i wonder how many of those 400,000 could actually afford it, and didn't just swipe a credit card without thinking.
I wonder how it compares to previous launches of past systems? Which i bet we will see an article about that soon enough.
*oh i see @ nyc_gamer, thanks
I remember working at Toys R Us a year ago, trying to explain the benefits over the DSi and the like.
I feel some amount of pride in the fact that about 9 out of every 10 customers who came to me with a DS, I made sure they left with a 3DS.
Being able to "manipulate" buyers like that only shows what kind of people they are who are buying the thing most of the time.
That goes without saying.
And also at the time you have a giant wall of DS titles, and only a small display on the end of the case with 3DS titles.
All I'm saying, is people don't just "buy" hardware, it has to be acquired by an associate at most stores, which hopefully hire intelligent and knowledgeable people to work in the electronics section.
Dang... the nds is still an hot potato selling item.
Wii U did 400k in the US alone, and that was competing against the Wii, which was on sale for $100 in some locations.
Your point?
Yes the Wii is a 'hot topic' as you put it, to those comparing the Wii against the new system at $299, but it was exactly the same back when the Wii was launched.
The Wii was the new system and the Gamecube was the 'hot topic' console available for a bargain bin price.
So you cannot use the excuse that the Wii being available at a bargain price is the reason why the Wii U didn't match Wii sales figures as they both had the same 'issues' of having older systems available for a discounted price if you want to call it that.
Another point that backs my statement up.
You only have to look at the disagrees to tell people know I am right.
You fail at life.
And I think the PS2 had a different type of audience than the Wii's.
Don't forget not only did the Wii have to go against a cheap Gamecube, cheap PS2 it also had a newly launched PS3 to go against and a relatively new 360 to go against.
The Wii U has zero new competition and has still only managed to sell just 66% of the amount the Wii sold.
Nintendo is always number one
- Wii : 476K
- PS3 : 197K
2005 : http://vgsales.wikia.com/wi...
- Xbox 360 : 326K
This is the first time I'm not completely freaking out over a new console. I'll probably comfortably wait until the next-gen Zelda and Metroid titles.