A number of high-profile retail outlets in the United Kingdom have reported phenomenal pre-order sales for Wii U. Retailers such as GAME and ShopTo saw a surge of pre-orders on Thursday 13th September when the pre-orders went live. The Premium 32GB console will Nintendo Land seems to have been the most popular bundle. Here’s their reactions:
“The reaction has been phenomenal with 500 pre-orders in the first hour after the Wii U announcement on Thursday, and the following 48 hours saw similar levels of pre-orders as gamers rushed to secure their hardware for Christmas.”
– ShopTo CEO Igor Cipolletta
“As expected with such a highly anticipated announcement of Wii U, we’ve had lots and lots of interest since Thursday. Pre-orders are exceeding expectations with the black console proving the most popular so far. So far the black premium Nintendo Land bundle is proving most popular, with the basic white version and the black Zombi U not far behind, enjoying similar demand to each other.”
– GAME
Gamers who didn’t get their preorders in when stores started accepting them last Thursday might want to avoid GameStop (GME) , Best Buy (BBY), Sears (SHLD), Toys R Us and Walmart (WMT) as supplies have been depleted. There is still the off chance that those retailers might get more stock (some of the stores listed still have Basic Sets available), but early indications suggest there could be a Wii U shortage come November 18th.
– Yahoo.com
wow
Amazing.
I knew my UK homies would of pulled the trigger as fast i did .
*Nintendo Europe direct finishes , BAM!!!!!!!! Trigger pulled Wiiu pre ordered before all the parent’s get their hands on it for crimbo *
Thank you MNN !!!!! I was interested to see how this Beast is peforming in pre orders . My local Games Dojo has exhausted its limit already . No Wiiu’s left to pre order , basic and deluxe gone .
God save our gracious N , Long live our Noble N , God saave Miyamoto!!!!!!!
I got pre orders in game and shopto!!!!!!!
Well, I think some guys have to eat their words… The Wii U ended up selling well after all ;)
Pachter who??
He said it would sell out….
Whos the hot chick? I want sum of her latina ass.
Seriously, whats her name? Any video of her? at a nintendo event or something.
Your suppose to be a young teen… Anyways bro how do you even know she is Latina, such narrow minded thinking and racism.
Nah nah i aint raciest bro. I love every race :)
She looks like a latina tho, she does look very hot.
lawl. She could be kreo. Kreo is a bunch of different races lol, the mixture varies.
I’ve seen your past comments… you sound like a kid. What has this generation come to?
The Wii U is just Too legit to quit!
*Tears* I’m happy for Nintendo, but DAMN IT! I’m going to have the money till tomorrow.
That last sentence makes me shiver, please prove ’em wrong!
Got 2 preorders from Amazon and Grainger Games
I shall rub this in my friends faces! Nintendo ain’t dying people! :D
500 in the first hour? And only in one store! I saw someone say that Nintendo could sell 14 millions of Wii U in 14 months, but if things keep like this, and they have consoles to sell, in 14 months the Wii U will surpass the DS!
Surpass the DS? Nah…
Wiiu = 100,000,000 + <<<<< DS will hit 160 million in a year ……..
shit i need to get up town tomorrow and buy mine because ill die if i miss out on this beast
I think a large part of this may be the fact that the Wii U is finally getting third-party games, even if some of them are ports with upgraded features.
The very fact that the Wii U CAN get them, seems to be spurring on hope that the game train won’t pass Nintendo’s station by during its travels, as far as future games go.
I’m greatly looking forward to Bayonetta 2, and I can’t wait to see how much better the Wii U will do this gen compared to the last.
The Wii U will fail they said….It won’t be successful they said. (In other news, I gotta get my premium console pre-ordered! Anyone know any retailers who still have the premium Wii U pre order available?)
It wouldnt sell, they said… It would fail, they said…
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The Wii U will be sucessful!
I fear how many of those will be refunded.
I know, downer statement, but we have to prepare for scenarios like those.
Wow! And here I am thinking that Nintendo was just purposely shipping a small amount of Wii U sets in comparison to the Wii. Glad these were made to prove me wrong! :D
Keep up the good job, Nintendo! :3
If all goes well with the supply of Wii Us at launch (as that seems more of a concern than consumer interest at this point), then Nintendo could very well exceed its expectations before the end of this fiscal year (when launch window ends on the last week of March 2013).
I hope they start with the mass advertising soon, a big hype around the launch is really important with so many other options these days
I will so buy one!
I hear some haters cursing their asses up in their own caves.