“There are rumors about Wii U sales in North America slipping below 40,000 units in April. But it’s a fact that Wii U sales in its home market of Japan spiraled below 7,000 units during the week ending May 12,” Tero Kuittinen reports for BGR. “This is an atrocious level. The ancient PS3 sold 12,000 units and the portable console champ 3DS sold 46,000 units during the same week.”
“What makes the Wii U performance such a horror show is the fact that its sales tanked before the next Xbox has even debuted,” Kuittinen reports. “After Microsoft and Sony really start slugging it out in the media spotlight with hardware comparisons, game exclusives and pricing speculation, the Wii U is going to be starved of oxygen.”
Kuittinen reports, “Complicating matters for Nintendo is the rapid shift of consumer spending patterns. Combined spending on mobile game apps on iOS and Google Play platforms is now nearly three times higher than the consumer spending on Nintendo and Sony portable console games.”
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