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

[Euphoria14]

kopstudent89 said:

Euphoria14 said:

milkyjoe said:
We're seeing the lacking 3DS holiday lineup in the west in effect right there.

Wii U numbers need more context (how much did they ship?).

They must have shipped more than they sold because a quick check on Walmart.com shows that 90% of stores within 35 miles of me have both versions in stock.

My zip code is 11784, Selden, NY.

They may have gotten a stock after BF

That's the thing though. They claimed sell outs, then had more for Black Friday (4 days later), claim sellouts again and have more in stores 4 days later? Many were even able to find WiiU consoles the day after Black Friday.

If there are indeed shortages I think they may be intentionally undershipping, especially since they supposedly had 500k worth of preorders at Gamestop alone.

Wii experienced shortages after 600k worth of sales for the first week in the US and I don't think they expected the level of demand it got. It also had people camping outside of stores in the freezing cold just to try and nab one.

Here you can just walk into your local store and pick one up.