Last week, the Wii U sold less than 27,000 units worldwide, according to VGChartz. Judging by the Famitsu/ Media-Create numbers, and the current sales trajectory/lack of new games, I expect we'll see sub-25k numbers this week, though I can't imagine it will drop much lower.
This isn't a DOOM thread, or a Nintendo-hating thread, but these sales figures do drive me to ask how much longer Nintendo can afford to produce Wii U's.
Depending on when production started, Nintendo was probably producing Wii U's at a rate of 800k-1 million a month through the launch window. Given the sudden sales drop-off, they've almost had to have slowed production, but if they start selling only 100k units per month, I'm left to wonder if they'll have to suspend production in order to liquidate their stock.
Do you see this happening, or do you think rising sales/lower production rates can make up the difference?
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