Nintendo: 1.2 million hardware units sold, 400,000 Wii U

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Why is it so odd to people?

Nintendo was able to ship ~400k units for launch and the beginning of BF week. (to NA / US only)

Gamestop had ~500k preorders (likely rounded up). They have not received that many units and are still calling people. Many were probably scalpers or people who simply have not claimed their units.

I thought they'd only ship 350k, so they did better than I figured. Keep in mind that this is with ZERO BlackFriday related advertisements for WiiU as well.

Now that stock is starting to flow more regularly, expect to see WiiU in the next few weeks advertisements (print and TV) which is where the mass market will have a far bigger view of the console and the limited stock available should deplete quickly throughout xmas.

Also the combined launches of EU/AUS and Japan over the next few weeks should result in big Worldwide numbers.