I've been checking the online stores bestsellers lists to see how the Wii U is doing. As of right now (in the lead up to Christmas), at Gamestop.com Wii U bundles are at numbers 2 & 10 (Mario & Luigi and WWHD), at Bestbuy.com it's at number 1 and at Walmart.com it's number 5. I'm not sure how this translates to the numbers we're seeing but I have a theory:
I asked at my local EB Games earlier last month how the Wii U was doing. He said the got 3 Mario & Luigi bundles in and sold them day one, but they didn't order any more as the back room was basically reserved for X1 and PS4 launch stock.
Basically, I don't even think retailers had room to stock Wii Us until a couple of weeks ago. Combine this with the reports of retailers selling out of Wii Us and it seems to me they simply weren't ordering them in until now, and if retailers aren't ordering them in, then they can't possibly sell. Make of that what you will, but I think the Wii U might be ok going into next year. If not, it's definitely time for Nintendo to rethink their strategy.
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