Wii U sales and a surprise purchaser

It's been some time since the Wii U hit North America. But before we begin, there is something I wanna bring up. Nintendo will be releasing a smaller version of the Wii in Canada called the Wii Mini  

The new gadget will apparently be a smaller version of the current-gen Wii, and will have far less capability than that of its predecessor. No internet? Check. No backwards compatibility for the Gamecube? Check. No SD card slot? Yup, that one, too.

No GCN support was one thing.  But no Internet nor SD Card slot?  That's taking us back to...

THE DARK AGES

An era without the internet hooked up to video games.  So what does this monstrosity look like?  Well



Just slightly smaller than the Wii.  And a different shade of color.

Meanwhile, on the sales of the Wii U, the system sold around 400,000 on its first week.  Not too bad, but it was easily triumphed by the 360.

In a blog post, Larry Hryb — a Microsoft spokesperson who blogs under his gamer tag, Major Nelson — reported that the Xbox 360 sold more than 750,000 consoles in the U.S. last week, easily beating Wii U first-week sales of 400,000. What’s more, it exceeds the 700,000 units Nintendo sold of the Wii U and the original Wii combined.
In some ways, however, the two numbers are not really comparable.
The Wii U, which launched last Sunday, costs between $300 and $350, and Microsoft is selling the Xbox for a number of configurations starting at half that price. Additionally, sales of the Wii U were limited by the number of units Nintendo could manufacturer, with many retailers reporting that inventory was sold out.

Sold out inventory.  The same excuse Nintendo pulled when the Wii sold out 6 years ago.  It was that kind of spin that put Sony and Microsoft in a situation with the Wii outselling it.  And I still pop a nerve every time I think of that era: CURSE YOU NINTENDO!

I'm sensing a bad omen here.  Like gaming is on the verge of collapsing.  But I think I've gone too much into Fox News mode.  I mean, it's not like the boss of Sony has a Wii U.

Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shuehei Yoshida picked up a Wii U today. 



“Got a Wii U,” Yoshida said on Twitter. “My Nintendo ID is ‘ShuYoshida’, pls send me a friend request so I see you on the Activity Feed.”

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Works Cited:
The Examiner
All Things D
Gematsu