Nintendo Confirm That They Continue To Sell Wii U At A Loss

<p>A Nintendo representative has confirmed to GamesIndustry International that Nintendo is continuing to sell Wii U hardware at a loss as we come ever close to the consoles first birthday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GameSpot notes that before the console launched in 2012&comma; Satoru Iwata said that it was Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s ambition to sell the console at a &&num;8220&semi;reasonable&&num;8221&semi; price in addition to Reggie Fils-Aime stating that the system becomes profitable after consumers purchase a single piece of software&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Wii U&comma; as many of you regular Bagogames readers will have read recently&comma; is struggling with Nintendo managing to sell just over 160&comma;000 Wii U units worldwide between April 2013 &&num;8211&semi; June 2013&period; The total worldwide install base is believed to be around 3&period;61 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamesindustry&period;biz&sol;articles&sol;2013-08-07-nintendo-still-selling-wii-u-at-a-loss">GamesIndustry International<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;nintendo-continues-to-sell-wii-u-hardware-at-a-loss-6412671">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;94ea98fd-5ae1-4b61-885e-ab884c401e5e" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;