Nintendo has its expectations for the sales of the Wii U, adjusted. Where Nintendo first thought in his financial lwa le year, ending in march, nine million copies to sell, that expectation is now revised to 2.8 million.
The sales of the Wii U last quarter fell, despite the release of Super Mario 3D World and the fact that competitors Xbox One and Playstation 4 is still not available worldwide. Where Nintendo previously held to a target of nine million Wii U’s, it is now set at 2.8 million. In the year before, when the Wii U came out, sold Nintendo 3.5 million.
The goal of nine million seemed for a while less feasible: in the first six months of its fiscal year end of march end, the company sold 460.000 consoles. In the remaining six months would, therefore, more than 2.3 million consoles sold, but how many are in the last months of last year are sold, want Nintendo not to say.
By the decline of the sales of the console, deserves Nintendo also reduced the sales of games. This is also the expectation for the number of sold games have been revised downward. Also on the handheld 3DS is the expected adjusted, of 18 million copies to 13.5 million. By the disappointing sales will also the financial figures are lower than expected, warns the company.
