Media Markt, which is Europe’s largest retailer of consumer electronics, is now selling off its Wii U stock for a mere 99 Euros in Belgium. Media Markt is a German chain of stores selling consumer electronics with numerous branches throughout Europe and Asia. The chain has joined Dick Smith in Australia which ditched of all their Wii U consoles and accessories at 50 percent off a few months ago.
Thanks to those who sent this in.
Upon reflection, this is really bad news for Nintendo’s reputation, but it seems to be the way as many see it as the console only the dedicated Nintendo fans want, such is the influence mostly of the mainstream media. However, at €99, that is indeed an absolute steal. They may sell out very quickly, but I doubt they’ll invest in more stock, not until the likes of Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros are released (they always shift units in Europe; very big games).
Oh well, a sale’s a sale, even if it’s just because the retailer wants to get rid of them for any cut without paying a fee to return the unsold stock. This happened with the Vita, and it did it no harm.
Following-on, the number of Wii U’s I’ve seen on eBay being sold because it’s either “an unwanted Christmas gift”, or “my son/daughter has a PS3/4, 360, XO, iPad etc so this is not needed” is a bitter pill to swallow even for the most dedicated of Nintendo fans. Sad realism, really. Some look to be pretty good bundles with bidders looking to pick one up on the cheap. It reflects on how unfavourable the price point is, even with that price cut. The recession doesn’t help, but that can’t be used as an excuse now.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this Greedy and arrogant scumbags deserves that instead to make one real console they make this garbage Wii U cos is cheap and cos nobody will want to make games for it that’s why they don’t like 3d party games cos they have to share from the sells and they like to share with nobody but this time i hope nobody buy their garbage
I’m from belgium and it was Only one storey brother and some friend of me vallend and they said it wad Only at 1 store. And it does not say that they Will not sell wii u anymore solden are always on products that sold good in X-mess time, btw it was soldout ditectly. I was by My lokal game mania (it is the biggest game retailer in Benelux ) and they said that the wii u is one of there best selling consoles sins zelde ww. Hd was released.
Replying here because people never read the lower comments:
This is one of their one day promotions and it’s only in one of their stores, this one being the one in Hasselt as you can see under the EN from SOLDEN. Also, it’s the time of discounting items in stores all around the country. But this is just like a black Friday promotion in one store. Nothing to worry about because everywhere else they are just selling it at the normal price.
I wish my stupid country had these deals…
Where are you from?
Sweden, I’m in charge of my territory’s stronghold…
You?…
Orange County, California
Half the world away…
Too bad you live in Xbot Homeworld…
At least you have millions of Nintendo Warriors to help you…
*wink*
Uhhh not sure what you mean…. =p
The US is Xbot Homeworld since Microsoft was created there…
*wink*
Video games are about having fun (which has been Nintendo’s policy for decades), not about childish squabbles. By acting like a mindless “soldier”, you are embodying everything that Nintendo is not.
Also, you antagonise the US but every post of yours refers to war themes… which sounds just like cliché American military propaganda in blockbuster movies. Don’t you see how sad and meaningless this is ?
The saddest thing is how some of you thinks I’m taking this seriously…
This just means you have no life, judging by the amount of comments every time I have the bad idea of scrolling down. Not necessarily better, is it ?
Go out sometime, it’s fun !
I go out a lot, it’s called university and educating myself to become something great…
Something about creating?
1. I don’t care about what anyone says…
2. I’m not the one taking things seriously around here…
3. I’m gay…
Logic failed 3 times I guess…
Are you sure? Sound legit about the gay part XD.
That’s scary, since I’m from that area, too. Santa ana, specifically.
No offense, but Santa Ana sucks!
“I wish my stupid country had these deals… ”
Lives in Sweden, one of the best country’s on earth to live…
Get your shit together, Belgium barely has green left and your tap water taste better than the water from bottels.
Talking about games now, I don’t care about anything else than games on this site…
Ok, but just answer me on this, is that of the bottled water true? :D
Yes…
It’s very popular…
Every day you see people becoming maniacs when they taste the water. “It’s so gooood! *slurp* *slurp* the taste *cry*… … *cry*”
Not really…
Every day I see Xbots drinking our water…
sad story bro… :(
It is…
We need Navi fairy dust…
I’ve been granting so much lives to links for over 25 years… there is barely enough left for me to stay alive… :(
You might need to travel to Neverland to gain new fairy dust from your relatives there…
nah peter pan is gay… :( he does things… nasty things….
I’m gay too…
do you do nasty things with peter pan… ?
No…
I don’t know Peter Pan…
then it’s all right…… i guess
Gay Pride! Hugs!
Even though I did not understand the languange that’s what I undertood from the few words that I did knew what it meant. Thanks for the confirmation also their is no online Salinger which I would loved to order one even though I’m from USA.
It isn’t really because they want to get rid of stock, it’s just that they want to get as many people to their stores as possible. They’ll eventually restock it afterwards.
I remember they once sold the new iPod Touch for 99 euros instead of 249 and that wasn’t because it isn’t selling (we all know how much Apple products sell), it was more because it gets many people in their stores. It was sold out in minutes.
Is called sale by volume in which they get a old bundle for cheap from the manufacturer and they sell it cheap so they got a good margins of profit.
Because you’re a man of science not of faith! ;)
:D
Lost forever!
Good science lines of up with good faith. There’s different beliefs within science professionals making scientists and evolutionists alike people of faith. Some God believing people believe that in the beginning was God, while others idiotically believe that in the beginning was dirt or atoms I guess (something a simple child can derail with a simple question like, “What was before the dirt or the atoms?”) God is a brilliant artist and scientist and the proof is in the design of things outside your window and how it all just works. Anyways, that rant was in response to you and all intellectually puffed-up “believers of science” who boast in there supposed superior thinking because you are all idiots (not including those who simply just don’t know what they believe).
I live in Belgium, and I never saw that price in those stores.
OP=OP means OUT=OUT.
So probably had like 5 for 99euro.
OUT=OUT?? what exactly does that mean?
It means that when there aren’t any copies left they won’t be selling that anymore for that price.
wow. that really sucks.
Just, if the item is sold out, it won’t be restocked.
Out =out is translated to directly, it’s more like gone = gone
It means SOLD = SOLD
*sold out
First
Not first
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Well, they are simply getting rid of something that’s soon to be discontinued.
specially when is selling incredibly well on japan, Usa and Austrailia
Eu is selling but UK’s a bitch
Something High Command is creating plans for…
wii u won’t be discontinue troll harder. If understand The business more u would realized discontinue a system that hasn’t been out for long, then making another one saying its the the real console will damage the consumer trust , thats why the dream cast bombed people didn’t trust sega . Its better just to suck it up for 4-5 more years so. No one has ever played a pefect football game, companies make mistakes, wheiter its the marketing or something else every company experiences ups and downs Sony and microsoft as well.
Does anyone have a link to this or is it store only? I’m interested in importing if it isn’t store only.
Store only…
This is one store in Belgium that’s stelling it for €99.00 not all Media Markt’s around Europe. As you can clearly see by the city’s name being displayed and this being a dutch only advertisement.
Nintendo promised Super Smash Bros and other games but took too long. Also, nothing new and no new Metroid. Nintendo has no one to blame but themselves.
They only had 30 of them in stock so they sold out in 5 mins. Ah well saves me sitting in the car for 5hours.
I assume 99 euros is…..
990 swedish crowns…
About 120 US dollars.
But you could think of this deal as equal to 99$.
well…………….its bad for Nintendo’s reputrataion HOWEVER in long term people but wii u more ….and that’s great!!
sbesides its a great deal. I would buy that right now if I was in Belgium :D
They aren’t “selling off their stock.” They are having a one day sale for the promotion of their opening day. Also, the promotion is first come first serve (kinda like Black Friday).
But gamers are retards and will use this has “wiiu is doom”ammo.
That’s nothing new for Media Markt. It’s only for one day and for a very limited number of a certain product. They want to attract people to the store.
And please, sickr, edit that bullshit in the title. They are NOT selling off Wii U stock.
This seems beyond ridiculous, almost as if they’re trying to sabotage Nintendo!! The Wiiu isnt doing this bad that people have to go to these extremes….
No, this seems TOO ridiculous for me. It must be like a 1 day sepcial offer or something. I mean who would stock a load of Wiiu’s an then sell them for half the price you paid…. You would have to be a retard. They could easily afford to sell it at full price for the next years and get their money back plus profit.
This is just one of those misleading panic articles, No offense to writers :)
Other than this, when are westerners not trying to sabotage our empire?…
You mean copy paste doom article hunters.
I’m Dutch and I can read the advert: it’s one day only and only because it’s a new store. Just a super opening deal. Bad gaming journalism is bad. Better change your article.
oh shut up you nonce
Pinwheel, you are back…
Get fucked, tramp.
This is a black Friday kind of deal. Is just one day and in limmited quantity one store in the chain deal. You are just overreacting for nothing lol.
And I was supposed to know that by reading this article?
Its kind of concerning when you see ”Selling off Wiiu stock for 99 Euros”
Is not your foult you reacted that way after all it was what was this article intended.
Exactly. But if you see my second comment, you willl see I kinda worked out that something fishy was going on :)
This post should be deleted or re-written because it’s completely wrong. Vbgenechten explained accurately what the advert says. Now many people who just read the post and not the comments will get the wrong impression. Don’t just throw stuff out there without any verification!
Im tire of this site lack if at least reading what they post instead of copy pasting shit and misleading headlines.
SOON THE WII U WILL BE FREE IN EVERY STORE. MARK MY WORDS
not even the Virtual Boy is free by now(in fact, it is a collector’s item, making it very valuable)
In case the WiiU flops, it will be worth a LOT in a few years
Hey are just trying to sell the overstock they seem to have selling it at 99€.
do they mean Wii or WiiU ?
read the label
it says WiiU
Wiiu but this a opening store deal only.
i don’t know why this site post this like its suppose to mean anything. the U is actually doing really good in the USA and Japan now that Nintendo has marketing the damn thing. but the UK meh i don’t think its much of a worry to the BIG three.
Is Dick Smith a Guy that make sextoys out of iron?
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LOL THIS WEB SITE IS LYINGITS ASS OF TO IGNORENT AMERICANS
THIS ISNOT THE BIGGEST LOL ELECTRONICS COMPANY IN EUROPE ITS NOTING OFTHE SORTBAD RETAILS DO NOT OPERATE EURIOPE WIDE
EUROPE IS MADE UP OF MANY MANY DIFFERANT COYNTRYS THEY ARE A TINY COMPANYBIN ONE OF THE SMALLEST AND POORES NATIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE
FUCKING BELGIUM THISVWEB SITE IS RAN BY A FUCKIGRETARDED NINTENDO HATER
LOL ONE DAY THE UK IS EUOPE NOW BELIGUM IS EUROPE
THS SITES RAN BY A 5 YEAR OLD THE FACT 3D WORLD ISSELLING AMAZINGLY WELL ACROSSEUROPE ISNT REPARTED
THE FSCTRYSE AND SHADOWFALL ARE THE MOST TRADED IN GAMES THIS GEN
LOL WIIUS USERBASE IS AHEAD F XBONEAND PS4 CONBINED 3DSOWNING THE GLOBE WIIU OWNING JAPAN ALONG SIDE 3DS
IV NEVER EVERHERD OF THESE PEOPLE ITS CLEARLY A TINY BELGIUM COMPANY
WHAT A RETARD TO STATE THESE BLATENT LIES
what odd an practices is it the i don’t wont to make money approach to capitalism
Really? Because when you have only five consoles in stock and get hundreds of extra people to your store that get like “men, i’m here already, let’s check out some DVD’s or phone’s.” You can actually make bigger profits.
so that means it justifies loosing money as you have a hypothetical stock 5 consoles. i through DVDs where just for people who where to stingy or poor to buy blu rays
i have just gone onto their site a 32GB Wii U 254.70, so i think your source is wrong
The original deluxe (with Nintendo Land) and basic unit was discontinued when the new bundles come out. Bestbuy doesn’t even have the deluxe unit even listed on its website since it sold out during christmas.
So for them to do a close out one day sale to make room for bundles doesn’t surprise me with retail.
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This is nothing but good news to be honest. The store buys the consoles from Nintendo, Nintendo already has the money. The store then sells them for dirt cheap, and customers are more likely to pick them up and then you have a larger install base of people buying games. It’s the same thought process behind making razors cheap so that you keep buying the blades for that brand for life.
LMFAO this is the 3rd retailer to do this as the Wii U’s are just not shifting!!!
Being dropped to such a ridiculously low price after only being on the market a year is a joke for Nintendo!!
They NEVER should have released the Wii Mini, the Wii and Wii Mini should have been discontinued after the Wii U was released!!
The Wii U is finished, Mario 3D World failed, Mario Kart and Zelda will also fail.
Nintendo had a year head start and did NOTHING in that year except fail in every way possible!!
The Wii U will not even sell 20 Million life time,Super Mario 3d World ONLY shifted and extra 520k units worldwide.
Reggie bragged that in 2014 there would be no Wii U game drought?Oh really?ZERO games in Jan, DK in Feb, ZERO in March,Mario Kart April.
First 4 months on the year and Only 2 decent games?
LMFAO!!
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