Iwata Reports Wii U ‘Selling Steadily,’ 2 Models a Challenge

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on January 7, 2013 AT 11:58am

In an interview with Reuters, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata described Wii U’s year-end sales as “not bad.”

“At the end of the Christmas season, it wasn’t as though stores in the U.S. had no Wii U left in stock, as it was when Wii was first sold in that popular boom. But sales are not bad, and I feel it’s selling steadily,” Iwata told Reuters.

Iwata specifically stated how releasing two models simultaneously—the 8GB basic and the 32GB deluxe—presented a challenge for the company, as well as consumers.

“It was the first time Nintendo released two models of the game console at the same time … and I believe there was a challenge with balancing this. Specifically, inventory levels for the premium, deluxe package was unbalanced as many people wanted that version and couldn’t find it.”

Source: Reuters

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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