[Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS] 400,000 Wii U consoles sold during launch week in US

[Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS] 400,000 Wii U consoles sold during launch week in US

Last week was a heck of week for the Big N. Speaking with CNET, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that over 1.2 million Nintendo consoles were sold in the United States over the last week, 400,000 of which were sales for the brand new Wii U. Thanks to Black Friday deals and the general holiday shopping rush, the original Wii sold 300,000 units of its own while the DS and 3DS moved 275,000 and 250,000 units respectively.

Speaking specifically of the Wii U launch, Fils-Aime says that stores sold out quickly and the company is doing its best to re-stock shelves quickly. "Wii U is essentially sold out of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock," he said. "Retailers are also doing their best to get the product to store shelves. But as soon as product hits retail, they're selling out immediately."

Whether by design or not will be up for debate, but the number is still shy of the Wii's launch week which saw 475,000 consoles fly off shelves in November of 2006. "Wii was a unique phenomenon," Fils-Aime explained. "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 looking to have as much product into retail as possible. It's driven by consumer response."

Meanwhile, although the original DS somewhat surprisingly outsold the 3DS last week, Fils-Aime explained that the 3DS "continues on record-setting pace" with more than 6 million units sold in the US during its first 21 months, out-pacing the DS which sold about a million less than that during the same length of time beginning in 2004.

Written by: Mike Glubish

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