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Forums - Sales Discussion - Poland: Wii U Sales Are 350 Units In 9 Months

mii-gamer on 08 September 2013
Arinald said:

I'm one of Polish Wii U owners and I must explain something.

1. While Sony and Msoft DO HAVE official branches in our country, Nintendo doesn't have one, and the games were distributed by Lucas Toys and later by Stadlbuer. Lucas Toys gave us VERY high prices and opened boxes, Stadlbauer was a bit better, even tried to promote 3DS/Wii in Poland, but failed and quickly  lost interest in our market, as a result of that WE DON'T HAVE NINTENDO GAMES in shops. We usually buy then via internet shops, mainly British ones.

2. In this article from Polygamia, Marcin Kosowski, author of the text noted, that he contacted Ultima.pl, biggest internet-gaming shop in Poland. They said, that they sold a couple hundred Wii U consoles over this 9 months, and they predict that there are about 2k Wii Us sold in Polish shops. Plus as I noted before, many Poles buy consoles + games on Amazon, that has A LOT LOWER PRICES (games are sometimes 2 times cheaper) and free shipping to Poland.

3. Nintendo pretty much doesn't exist in Poland. While the Gamyboy was popular, now in Poland there are about 3 Vita's per 1 3DS. Seriously. Magazines don't review Ninny games (and if they do sometimes the notes are horrible), Sony (which is the most popular here) is belived to be the inventors of Motion Control. I travel a lot and yet I haven't ever streetpassed in Poland. That's just pathetic. When the RE:Revelations HD was released, some called it "brand new Resident Evil game". In major shops there are PSVita, X360 and PS3 test consoles on which you can play demo games, however there are no Wii's.

 

EDIT: Soz for all grammar mistakes, I

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reggin_bolas on 08 September 2013

So is Wii U the biggest flop of all times? Is it worse than the Saturn? I just don't understand why Nintendo just doesn't discontinue it and start from scratch.

And no I'm not trolling, no one wants it. That's just reality.



Arinald on 08 September 2013
reggin_bolas said:
So is Wii U the biggest flop of all times? Is it worse than the Saturn? I just don't understand why Nintendo just doesn't discontinue it and start from scratch.

And no I'm not trolling, no one wants it. That's just reality.


What? No? It's just Poland that Doesn't Give a Fuck about anything other then PS consoles/PC (and yeah, that's Msoft and Nintendo's fault). Just wait until Zelda and couple other games are released.



n3xus on 08 September 2013

freaking thing doesn't have games, this is no surprise.



KingofTrolls on 08 September 2013
JazzB1987 said:


So you say WiiU owners are idiots?

Because thats what "find an idiot who buys a WiiU. We are waiting for the PS4 means" at least to me.    (Next time translate this yourself please)


Dziekuje bardzo (thanks alot)


- a few consoles/games, every one overpriced as hell

- no guarantee/ warranty 



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HipHopGodd on 08 September 2013

So it's because Nintendo didn't have a dealer in Poland that the consoles aren't moving? Well I'm sure Poland has internet so if people want WiiU they have easy access to purchasing one. Maybe they just don't want the thing. Which would come as no surprise.



Arinald on 08 September 2013
KingofTrolls said:
JazzB1987 said:


So you say WiiU owners are idiots?

Because thats what "find an idiot who buys a WiiU. We are waiting for the PS4 means" at least to me.    (Next time translate this yourself please)


Dziekuje bardzo (thanks alot)


- a few consoles/games, every one overpriced as hell

- no guarantee/ warranty 


No guarantee? There's an guarantee even in Poland, sir. And it's not so hard to find a not overpriced Wii U, so...



Conegamer on 08 September 2013
HipHopGodd said:
So it's because Nintendo didn't have a dealer in Poland that the consoles aren't moving? Well I'm sure Poland has internet so if people want WiiU they have easy access to purchasing one. Maybe they just don't want the thing. Which would come as no surprise.

But if people are ordering online, they'd be bought from places like the UK due to the drastically lower price...which wouldn't count as a sold system in Poland.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

HipHopGodd on 08 September 2013
Arinald said:
refans _bolas said:
So is Wii U the biggest flop of all times? Is it worse than the Saturn? I just don't understand why Nintendo just doesn't discontinue it and start from scratch.

And no I'm not trolling, no one wants it. That's just reality.


What? No? It's just Poland that Doesn't Give a Fuck about anything other then PS consoles/PC (and yeah, that's Msoft and Nintendo's fault). Just wait until Zelda and couple other games are released.


Lol This is PS3 fans all over again. I remember people saying "Wait until (insert game here) releases" for about 6 years straight. I just don't envision WiiU doing what PS3 has done.



Mr Khan on 08 September 2013

It's Nintendo's biggest (real!) weakness that is never talked about: as a smaller company, they've neglected to build the supply networks that Sony and Microsoft take for granted.



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