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crissindahouse on 03 December 2012

Sh1nn said:

Wii U sells 40k units in the UK in its opening weekend

Nintendo’s Wii U console sold around 40,000 units in its first 48 hours on sale in the UK, MCV understands.

Retail sources suggest that effectively amounts to a complete sellout on the UK High Street. Stock is continuing to filter through to retail at a trickle but abundant supplies are not expected until the New Year.

Undoubtedly sales could have been considerably higher had stocks have been more plentiful.

Furthermore, MCV understands that the console has enjoyed a software attach rate in excess of 2:1.

The figures were arrived at through a combination of feedback from retailers and software sales data passed on by trade sources. Using this MCV was able to extrapolate estimated sales based on the previously confirmed Wii U bundle market shares.

UPDATE: These numbers exclude digital software sales from Nintendo's eShop.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-sells-40k-units-in-the-uk-in-its-opening-weekend/0107419

ahh ok so the 50k at launch i read a month before launch could be really true.

maybe nintendo had really problems to produce enough consoles, they had that fire in the factory and said it won't change anything but who knows.

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zuvuyeay on 03 December 2012

what do people expect we are only an ickle country,50-60 thousand for the week sounds fine to me for the loyalists,prices and deals are heading our way fast for the holiday season

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Galaki on 03 December 2012

So, Nintendo bombed so hard they can't sell all the WiiU units they didn't ship?

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forest-spirit on 03 December 2012

"Retail sources suggest that effectively amounts to a complete sellout on the UK High Street."

Damn, stock issues after a measly 40k sold? They didn't ship a lot then did they?

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keroncoward on 03 December 2012

So the Wii U sold 40k units in UK in the first 48 hours and people think its a flop? UK is England alone not Europe and lets wait till the end of the week to get the full week's numbers so we can all come to a fair conclusion of how its doing.

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HappySqurriel on 03 December 2012

Nintendo only shipping 50,000 to the UK on launch day actually sounds about right when you think of the North American launch ...

The UK has (about) 1/5 the population of the USA, Nintendo (probably) shipped about 200,000 to 300,000 on launch day and followed with another sipment later in the week in the United States, and that would mean that per-capita the UK got a similar number of systems on launch day.