Aquamarine on 10 June 2016
| Pavolink said: Jesus, 25k for an entire month. I read that 29k was the lowest month in July 2013 or so. And worst things are going to come in the next months with only 800k expected for a full year worldwide. |
Essentially, Nintendo isn't manufacturing any more Wii U in any significant capacity.
They have approximately $150 million worth of Wii U inventory at the end of March....valued at an average selling price to retailers of $220 per unit, that's approximately 700K Wii U units they have in inventory to sell-through.
That extra 100K to make up the 800K projections is for the tiny bit of Wii U manufacturing they've done since then just to round out the fiscal year.
But the point behind the 800K is that by March 2017 they will have essentially depleted their Wii U inventory so they can hit the ground running with NX without taking write-off losses which would significantly impact profitability.
