Nintendo will end the WiiU Production this Week

[ElYubiYubi]

Or at least that is what Eurogamer is saying.

Nintendo will end Wii U production this Friday, multiple sources have confirmed to Eurogamer.

At the last official count, as of 30th September, Nintendo had shipped 13.36m Wii U consoles. The Wii U's final tally will likely now be only slightly more.

For comparisons sake, GameCube sold 21m. N64 sold 32m. Wii sold 101m.

Nintendo's Japanese production line will shut down for the last time this week after the final deadline for orders passed yesterday, Eurogamer understands. Only a small number of further orders were placed.

Wii U launched back in November 2012 and quickly shifted a couple of million units, although sales have been steady to slow ever since.

For the 12 months ending 31st March 2017, Nintendo forecasted it would ship just 800k Wii U units. 560k of those had already been shifted as of 30th September, suggesting a further 240k will have been produced since then, as of this Friday, to round out the console for good.

The last year or so has seen Nintendo, behind the scenes at least, shift its focus to the future. The company's upcoming Nintendo Switch console is still four months away from launch.

Nintendo has said it won't reveal more Switch details until an event on 13th January, although Eurogamer has pinned down the fact it will have a 6.2" 720p multi-touch screen.

Nintendo declined to comment when contacted about this article.[/url]

 

[Lightyose]

I still want a Wii U...

 

[Rizzorules]

Hopefully this means no more stability updates

 

[DeslotlCL]

RIP Wii U

Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly. [whispering]. team SALT's IOSU!

 

[iAqua]

Yay no more updates! .

 

[FrozenDragon150]

;-;

 

[Gizametalman]

Maybe it's time to get a Wii U ... If I had the money to buy one ...

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

Here's to hoping the Switch can turn things around

 

[8BitWonder]

Yay no more updates! .

Remain wary, they could always pull what Sony did with the psp. Years after it wasn't being worked on anymore they brought around a surprise stability update.

 

[The Catboy]

I am shocked it took this long.

 

[jumpman17]

RIP Wii U

Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly. [whispering]. team SALT's IOSU!

Art thou feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?

 

[Bladexdsl]

the switch will not be replacing the wiiu

 

[ElYubiYubi]

Hopefully this means no more stability updates

WiiU havent received an update since January 11th, 2016

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Maybe it's time to get a Wii U ... If I had the money to buy one ...

I bought one like 2 weeks ago when WupInstaller thing got released.

 

[zoogie]

"I can't quit U!"
http://gonintendo.com/stories/267822-nintendo-says-wii-u-production-continuing-on

 

[BORTZ]

So the Switch isnt replacing the wiiu, but Nintendo is ending the Wiiu's production... something in there doesn't quite add up. And I'll bet they have another 3DS or handheld on the back burner.

 

[Lumstar]

So the Switch isnt replacing the wiiu, but Nintendo is ending the Wiiu's production... something in there doesn't quite add up. And I'll bet they have another 3DS or handheld on the back burner.

The whole thing is pointless. This "announcement" doesn't reveal its source, thus no way to establish a connection to Nintendo.

 

[BORTZ]

The whole thing is pointless. This "announcement" doesn't reveal its source, thus no way to establish a connection to Nintendo.

Thank you for pointing that out. Not only does Eurogamer not site a source, but the OP (who has broken the reporting rules before) copypasta'd the article right this thread... That's a no no.