Wii U sells 400,000 in first week
Original Wii's release week sales tallied 475,000
The Wii U sold 400,000 units in its launch week, as part of 1.2 million overall Nintendo system sales. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told that Wii U is "is essentially s🧸old oꦉut of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock."
For some context, the original Wii also sold out a🎃t retail, and actually sold through 475,000 units in its first week, according to the NPD Group. It also sold 300,000 units last week, giving its successor a pretty good run for its money.
"Wii was a unique phenomenon," Fils-Aime said. "You couldn't walk into a retailer and buy a Wii until spring of 2009. We've certainly learned many lessons 💛from that and we are replenishing retailers more quickly this time around. We are lookin🍌g to have as much product into retail as possible. It's driven by consumer response."
Meanwhile, 250,000 3DS and 275,000 D💜S devi🍸ces sold over the weekend, with Fils-Aime attributing the older device's stronger performance to significant Black Friday retailer discounts.
CORRECTION: This article originally listed first-week sales for Wii as 600,000 u✃nits. We regret the error.
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