Topic: Wii U Becomes Profitable After One Game Sale

[Traveller]

Nintendo may be taking a loss on the hardware, but it doesn't take much to recoup.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/32584

In a recent interview Nintendo of America's President Reggie Fils-Aime, has elaborated on how the Wii U hardware is currently being sold at a small loss, the first time in Nintendo history for a console.

Reggie stated that as soon as a customer buys just one piece of software, then that entire transaction becomes profitable.

The Wii U is currently being rolled out around the world, with North America being the first to launch. The system will be launching in Europe on November 30, and Japan on December 8.

[Ailingforale]

That's awesome.  How are the sales lately though?  In my store and a few others I've seen you can still easily get a WiiU.  That makes me anxious.

[Mataata]

That's awesome.  How are the sales lately though?  In my store and a few others I've seen you can still easily get a WiiU.  That makes me anxious.

I heard that, on its launch day, the Wii U sold more consoles than the Wii did on its launch. I'm assuming they're pretty good.

[joshnickerson]

That's awesome.  How are the sales lately though?  In my store and a few others I've seen you can still easily get a WiiU.  That makes me anxious.

I've yet to see a system in the wild, so could be regional or people that really wanted one ordered online.

[KITT 10K]

I got my Wii U on the 19th, (didn't have the money on the 18th), and when I got home I didn't want to eat or anything. All I wanted was to play it! I love when Nintendo launches a new system because I am always that excited about it! And for those who have the Wii U, my gametag is "KITT_10K". Feel free to add me if you wanna.

[Mop it up]

Is this really the first time a Nintendo home system was sold for a loss at launch? I could have sworn the Nintendo 64 was, but it's tough to find this kind of info out there.

[pokepal148]

Just as i expected was the case

[AV]

i saw some guy today buy 2 at gamestop ( regular not deluxe) the deluxe are hard to find. Once people get to play with it and see what it does, I think the sales will be fine.

[Ceric]

I figure the WiiU will be a lot like Skylanders was.  It was easy to get everything before Christmas then afterwards it was much harder.