Nintendo will cease production of Wii U by the end of the week – report
According to the report, the Japanese production line will shut down after the final deadline for orders, which passed yesterday, is complete on Friday. The source told Eurogamer that “only a small number of further orders were placed.”
Back in March, a Nikkei report out of Japan stated production on Wii U would cease at the end of 2016. Nintendo was quick to deny the report, and the following day issued this statement: “From the next quarter and thereafter as well, production is scheduled to continue on Wii U.”
When Switch was announced, Nintendo said in preparation for the console’s launch in March of 2017, it would ship 800,000 Wii U hardware units to the global market for this fiscal year.
“As a result, the inventory of Wii U hardware at retail will become harder to find,” a representative for the firm stated.
So, while today’s report should be taking as unconfirmed for the time being until Nintendo weighs in, it sounds like things are indeed winding down for the console.
Wii U launched back in November 2012 and according to Nintendo’s most recent financial report, has sold 13.36 million units lifetime.
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MuahaModsPosted:
KyloCrux Buy them now. Because in a few years they might be worth something.
Oh yeah cause the 13.36 million of others make it really rare
Mario350Posted:
since the switch is a new ip console with third party support theres no reason to make any more wii craps i mean u but it only failed cause it was a wii system if it was a gamecube n64 ish system it would of sold alot more which is why they are doing the switch which looks cleaner and nicer imo but thank god no more wiis
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