Nintendo Sold a Bunch of Hardware Last Week

@Winternet: parents who now see the thing their kids have been clamoring for for years is way cheap, so they buy that. Not realizing/ or maybe even caring, that it is old technology and almost completely on it's way out. Which is exactly what the retailers are hoping would happen.

Ignorant people are Ignorant

bought a wii u :D and black ops since it gave me free shipping

I got the deluxe with Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros, Scribblenauts, and COD BLOPS 2.

My girlfriend held the "Spent most time with Wii U" title in Scribblenauts till I had to take a sick day Thursday. She hates watching me play stuff like Smash Bros and COD, so the Wii U is perfect for us to sit next to each other, talk, and do our separate things. I love it for that. This is the perfect system for us. I've got a lot to play right now, but I just hope Nintendo keeps the hits coming. I hope I don't have to wait till March for my next game, but I'm sure to play a lot of COD as long as there are players to play with.

We've had some friends over briefly for some 4 player Nintendo Land, and we've all had a lot of fun in Luigi's Haunted Mansion. It's the strongest game of what we've tried so far.

Dude, go home.

How the flying fuck 300,000 people bought a Wii last week?

I regret it already, its at my girlfriend's where it will stay.

300,000 wii's sold? how many of those thought they were getting a Wii U?

Grabbed the Delux and ZombiU, and am waiting for Lego City Stories next. I'll get Mario when there is a drought of games to play, because its a Mario game, and while not always fantastic, they are always fun to play casually.

I ended up just grabbing the white 8GB model with Nintendoland. 32GB models are impossible to find in my city.

ZombiU is next on the list of course.

@tremors said:

@evanbower said:

@ikabubu said:

I worked the retail end for the midnight launch of the WiiU. I could describe the event as "underwhelming". Granted, we're not the biggest retailer in town, but we're the only store that sells electronics in the immediate neighborhood. We had 6 people in line since 7PM. By the time we reopened to let them in, we had about 10. A few came afterwards, rounding the number to about 12.

We sold out of the Black Deluxe, as expected. But we still had a LOT of the White Standards; about 8 to 10 units. Granted, most knowledgeable people interested in the WiiU would probably go for the Black, but it still strikes me that the demand wasn't a little bit more rabid for the new hardware.

I suppose that says a lot, doesn't it?

It doesn't really say as much as the specific number in the article above.

...which is 200,000 less than the Wii launch?

Which Nintendo surely expected with the higher price point. Also the success of the Wii was an anomaly... no one really expects that success to be repeated unless they're looking for a talking point on how Nintendo is blowing it. That the Wii U sold more than the Xbox 360 and PS3 did at launch, in a much worse economic situation, is definitely good news for/ probably a relief to Nintendo.

I went on a small search for one last Monday after hearing that some stores still had them in stock. I didn't find one and considered going on a more full scale search later in the week, but I didn't. Glad I didn't, since the only real reason I want one is to satiate buying a new shiny thing. Well, that, and Patrick's glowing review of ZombiU. But I figure I should save the money and hold off until there are a handful of games that I want to play.

I didn't pick one up, but I do see Wii Us in stock at most of the Walmarts near me. I guess that's why he said "essentially" sold out and "actually" sold out. Haha.

I got one. My first Nintendo console since the NES. It's dropping with potential and the worn out factor some may have with Mario and Zelda doesn't affect me. In other words In likin it. It has more potential than its givin credit for.

People are hungry for new stuff that's for sure.

Got a deluxe with Mario and Scribblenauts. Just about done with Scribble, which I will sell and put towards Zombi U.

It's not perfect but overall I'm enjoying the system and games.

I picked up a Deluxe, but didn't grab any games with it. Nintendo Land will be good enough for me until I can get through some other games I have in my backlog. Then I think I'll pick up Mario and ZombiU.

Deluxe and ZombiU.

@blacklab said:

Nintendo reports that it sold 300,000 original Wii units last week.

That is shocking

There will 300,000 disappointed children this xmas? (First world problems)

I was able to get one at a Best Buy for the midnight Black Friday rush. I was probably the 70th person in the store, and they had restocked late Wednesday, so they had at least three Wii Us for each model.

I picked up a black one (Nintendoland) with Mario, ZombiU, and Scribblenauts. Oh, and a pro controller.

@evanbower said:

@ikabubu said:

I worked the retail end for the midnight launch of the WiiU. I could describe the event as "underwhelming". Granted, we're not the biggest retailer in town, but we're the only store that sells electronics in the immediate neighborhood. We had 6 people in line since 7PM. By the time we reopened to let them in, we had about 10. A few came afterwards, rounding the number to about 12.

We sold out of the Black Deluxe, as expected. But we still had a LOT of the White Standards; about 8 to 10 units. Granted, most knowledgeable people interested in the WiiU would probably go for the Black, but it still strikes me that the demand wasn't a little bit more rabid for the new hardware.

I suppose that says a lot, doesn't it?

It doesn't really say as much as the specific number in the article above.

...which is 200,000 less than the Wii launch?

That was unexpected, I was really curious to know some sales numbers. I'm guessing they wouldn't say any numbers if it did bad so good on them, I wish we knew specifics about what people bought the Wii U, is it mass market is it gamers, is it kids is it old people.

Personally I'm not interested in the Wii U, it doesn't have that thing that makes me say "I want to play that so badly", even the Wii made me say I would like to try that out.

I did indeed grab one, with New Super Mario Bros U.

no

I haven't picked one up yet. I bet I will at some point in the future when the next Mario Galaxy type moment occurs for the Wii U.

I picked up the Deluxe Wii U along with Mario & ZombiU. Really like it so far.

I got a Deluxe one at the Nintendo World yesterday. Picked up New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land (by default). Might get ZombiU, but not for a few weeks. Most excited for Rayman.

Two days after launch my Target had 1 deluxe in stock so I decided to grab it. Was like 6pm on Tuesday. Bought NSMBU even though I knew I shouldn't

"Wii Us"

You just accidentally named the next Nintendo console?

@ikabubu said:

I worked the retail end for the midnight launch of the WiiU. I could describe the event as "underwhelming". Granted, we're not the biggest retailer in town, but we're the only store that sells electronics in the immediate neighborhood. We had 6 people in line since 7PM. By the time we reopened to let them in, we had about 10. A few came afterwards, rounding the number to about 12.

We sold out of the Black Deluxe, as expected. But we still had a LOT of the White Standards; about 8 to 10 units. Granted, most knowledgeable people interested in the WiiU would probably go for the Black, but it still strikes me that the demand wasn't a little bit more rabid for the new hardware.

I suppose that says a lot, doesn't it?

It doesn't really say as much as the specific number in the article above.

These weird "feelings" people have about the Wii U actually doing poorly seem really similar to Fox News' feelings about Mitt Romney's success in spite of the poll data. "I know it seeeeeeems like Obama is a sure winner, but I see so many gosh darn patriotic Americans who want to take their country back." "ONE Wii U left at retail? Doesn't look sold out to me Nintendo!"

wow, nintendo just barely shipped over 400,000? hopefully this isn't the case with the new xbox and there's a lot more of those.

I got a Wii U last week. I didn't get any games with it besides Nintendo Land since the holidays are coming up and I am sure I will be playing a lot of other games like AC 3 and Need For Speed Most Wanted and Hitman Absolution.

@Hosstile17: that just sounds like nintendo created a better supply then and still did better

Last I checked about 43,000 people had posted on the Miiverse for Nintendo Land, from which we can suss out that about 10% or users are using Miiverse. New Super Mario U had 41,000 people meaning its attach rate is about the same as the pack-in game for the deluxe console. And from many reports about store stock I've read over the last week it sounds like the majority of console were deluxe units.

There is a quote from Reggie last week where he said they only needed people to buy one game with their WiiU to make a profit, meaning the loss they are taking per-console must be quite small.

I picked up New Super Mario Bros U (Mistake), Scribblenauts Unlimited, and ZombiU.

I wonder if that guy in the picture brought the power glove or if Reggie told him to put it on for the photo.

Bought an 8GB one from Target as a failsafe for a XMas gift, then managed to snag a 32GB one on Unnamed Douchebag Corporate Empire's site, so I'll probably end up returning the 8GB model at some point between ow and Xmas.

@blacklab said:

Nintendo reports that it sold 300,000 original Wii units last week.

That is shocking

There will 300,000 disappointed children this xmas? (First world problems)

@Thoseposers: But, the 360s were sold out. The Wii U is not sold out. I walked in to a store on launch day at just walked out with one. Sure, it was a basic. But, I got one.

Despite being a fan of Nintendo I didn't feel the need to pick up a Wii U. I'll probably pick one up eventually but for now there aren't any games I want for it.

@smitty86 said:

All Hail Triforce

I had the exact same thought. Nice to see the Powerglove is still getting some use.

@Phatmac said:

But I thought Nintendo was dead you guys. In all seriousness I'm more interested in the game sales for the Wii U.

I'm only curious about the ports. I assume that the original stuff sold well simply because people buy the games will the new system. I'm curious as to who wanted a seemingly worse version of Batman:AC, or COD without an online community

Yes, my parents bought one for my kids this week; it was the deluxe model, and they are also getting Scribblenauts.

I don't know about "sold out" either; my parents reported plenty at W*Mart and Toys'R'Us. I had been checking on-line earlier and found a couple Target stores that had them in-stock as well.

Picked up a Deluxe Wii U with ZombiU & "New" Super Mario Bros U. I also picked up a Pro controller... which I currently have no idea what to do with it.

I got a Wii-U basic with Nintendoland and Mario U last week without pre-ordering. There were 3 others left, and they had sold out of the deluxe.

Yes. The Deluxe bundle with Nintendo Land. I also bought NSMBU, Ninja Gaiden 3, Warriors Orochi 3, Tekken Tag 2, and ZombiU.

Isaiah Triforce Johnson gets his.

I wonder if that could have been the plan all along. To advertise the Wii U so poorly that more original Wii's get sold in addition to the U's.

But no, they probably just screwed up.

But I thought Nintendo was dead you guys. In all seriousness I'm more interested in the game sales for the Wii U.

DS outsold 3DS, a bit surprised by those numbers