| Captain_Yuri said: Why would Nintendo recall them instead of getting more sales until the Switch comes out? Their event thing isn't even till January 12th and the Switch doesn't come out until march. That is plenty of time to clear inventory, not recall them to get less sales... wtf |
Sales are slim and the Wii U's last holiday season is winding down. The article itself literally offers no detail except that the Wii U is getting harder to find in order to substantiate the rumor though, when in reality, it's likely because stock was slim to begin with and Nintendo isn't doing much if any production while stores aren't buying more stock.
At this point it makes no sense for Nintendo to recall the units. They already got at least some money for selling them wholesale, and it's cheaper just to let stores do whatever with the stock than it is to pay them to take the systems back. So I don't believe this rumor, but I do firmly believe that stores don't want extra Wii U's on hand after this holiday season ends if they can help it, while Nintendo is likely distributing minimal amounts of stock worldwide to try to keep shelfspace ready for the Switch launch in March.
