{"id":3191,"date":"2016-03-22T14:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2016-03-22T14:59:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T18:59:56","slug":"nikkei-nintendo-ceasing-wii-u-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2016\/03\/22\/nikkei-nintendo-ceasing-wii-u-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei: Nintendo ceasing Wii U production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1199604\" target=\"_blank\">NeoGAF<\/a> for the heads-up on an as-of-yet unconfirmed report that Nintendo will officially be ceasing production of the Wii U by the end of this year. This follows several months of &#8220;stock shortages&#8221; in Japan, as well as the official end of production for select Wii U accessories.<\/p>\n<p>As you may know, I&#8217;ve been following the <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2016\/03\/10\/quick-thoughts-sales-trends-nintendo-3ds-sony-playstation-vita-nintendo-nx\/\" target=\"_blank\">sales trends<\/a>\u00a0in this area for some time, and it was clear that even before this announcement that the Wii U&#8217;s days were numbered and that the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2015\/12\/03\/for-the-record-what-i-think-nintendos-nx-platform-will-be\/\" target=\"_blank\">NX is meant as a replacement<\/a> for both the failed Wii U and aging 3DS. If this unconfirmed report holds, then the Wii U will be Nintendo&#8217;s worst selling platform by far and likely won&#8217;t quite reach 15 million units (compare that to Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 4 at about 36 million units and counting, and Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox One at about 25 million units and counting, both of which\u00a0came out a year later than the Wii U).<\/p>\n<p>The previous worst seller for Nintendo was <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1S3Zid5\" target=\"_blank\">the GameCube<\/a> at just over 21 million units. Of course, that&#8217;s discounting the tabletop console, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_Boy\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Boy<\/a>, which Nintendo themselves doesn&#8217;t even include in their list of platforms for which\u00a0they provide historical sales data. 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