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Wii U Outsold by Xbox 360 and PS3 in Launch Week
 

Wii U Outsold by Xbox 360 and PS3 in Launch Week

by Felix Richter, 30.11.2012

This chart shows unit sales of gaming consoles in the United States during Black Friday week (November 18-25).

On November 18, Nintendo’s Wii U went on sale in the United States. The release of the successor to the immensely popular Nintendo Wii came just in time for the shopping-intense Thanksgiving week. Nintendo reportedly sold more than 400,000 units of its new home console during the week and, according to Nintendo, the Wii U is now effectively sold out in the United States.

What puts a little dent in the Wii U’s launch performance is the fact that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3 outsold Nintendo’s new flagship console by a significant margin. The heavy Black Friday discounts offered on both consoles apparently persuaded many shoppers to go with the slightly dated HD consoles instead of the Wii U.

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