Soundwave on 23 March 2016
| OneKartVita said: Maybe Nintendo don't want a big surge in Wii U sales because people will feel it's their last chance to buy one. And then it sells out and Nintendo have no console to sell for months. That's all I can think of. |
People who "collect" consoles in that way are likely a niche, small audience. It's more likely demand for Wii U in a broad sense will drop further with this news leaking out and as such Nintendo may be forced to eat unsold inventory (thus taking a $200+ loss on each unit) to maintain good standing with key retail partners ahead of NX launch.
It's obvious Nintendo would have preferred this to not have leaked and no one would have been any wiser most likely since the Wii U sells at such low volumes anyway, at least in North America and Europe a "shortage/stock dump" likely would've gone largely undetected.
