<p>Satoru Iwata has made a comment recently regarding how the company is viewing current sales of its new console, the Nintendo Wii U, in the US.</p>
<p>In an interview with Reuters, Satoru Iwata stated that “sales are not bad”. The full comment is below:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;At the end of the Christmas season, it wasn&#8217;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&#8217;s selling steadily.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Satoru Iwata is correct regarding the lack of ‘Wii-Fever’ regarding its new console. This could be due to the vast number of people who still believe that the Wii U is an add-on to the original Nintendo Wii and that it is a new console altogether.</p>
<p>With Nintendo stating late 2012 that it was focussing on ‘hard core gamers’ during the launch period of the console when advertising, maybe Christmas 2013 will bring better statistics&#8230;</p>
<p>[Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/07/us-nintendo-console-sales-idUSBRE90605420130107">Reuters</a> via <a href="http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/01/07/nintendo-president-comments-on-wii-u-sales">IGN</a>]</p>
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Nintendo Comment On Wii U US Sales
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