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There was reportedly one “new Wii U” bought within the US final month and it was the primary time a brand new Wii U has been bought on this location since Might 2022.
This gross sales knowledge comes from Circana (previously The NPD Group) through trade analyst Mat Piscatella. What does it imply precisely? Not a lot, however it’s admittedly a shock that there is nonetheless some new inventory floating about.
When requested about this sale, Piscatella elaborated on how Circana acquires and processes particular person retailer degree gross sales knowledge for “each SKU throughout most retailers, which mixed account for about 97% of the {hardware} market” on this space.
In line with Nintendo’s official gross sales knowledge, the Wii U bought simply over 13 million items in its lifetime. Earlier this month, the corporate introduced it will be ending on-line play for this era of {hardware} in “early April” 2024, so maybe this performed a component within the newest sale.
Nintendo has additionally had some gross sales success in Japan not too long ago with the brand new ‘Mario Purple Version’ Swap OLED mannequin, which has doubled gross sales over the previous week and year-over-year for a similar interval.
Have you ever encountered any “new” Wii U in current instances? When did you final spot one within the wild? Remark under.