“The Wii U is effectively sold out at retail (and) we are gratified by the consumer response,” Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America said in an interview. The Wii U succeeds the revolutionary Wii, which was launched in 2006 and has been a bonanza for Nintendo, with over 97 million sold, although demand had tapered off in recent years. The Wii U hit stores in North America on November 18. Nintendo, which has gradually ceded ground to Microsoft Corp’s industry-leading Xbox 360, needs the Wii U, which comes with a touchscreen controller, to be a hit to turn around years of losses.īut the video game industry is also under threat from a burgeoning smartphone and tablet gaming market. A cashier stands in front of a display of Nintendo Wii U gamepads and consoles in a Toys R Us store on Thanksgiving Day in Times Square, New York November 22, 2012.
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