{"id":1292,"date":"2012-11-28T02:12:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T07:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2012-11-28T02:12:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T07:12:46","slug":"wii-u-sells-475000-consoles-in-first-week-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/11\/wii-u-sells-475000-consoles-in-first-week-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii U Sells 475,000 Consoles In First Week In U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U has dominated our frontpage over the last few weeks, especially after the system&#8217;s launch on the 18th. We finally have our first look at sales figures according to the NPD group and things are looking up for Nintendo&#8217;s new console.<\/p>\n<p>The install base for the Wii U currently sits at 475,000 as of the 25<sup>th<\/sup> according to the Big N, not too shabby. Considering GameStop claimed to have 500,000 units already paid for by consumers, are there 100,000 Wii Us still unclaimed? That&#8217;s doubtful! With systems already fetching $500 or more on ebay demand is surely only going to increase as Christmas Day approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Do you own a WiiU? If not are you going to pick up one once production picks up or the initial rush wears off?<\/p>\n<p>Reported by Rae Langdon from our sister site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brokenjoysticks.net\/\">BrokenJoysticks.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U has dominated our frontpage over the last few weeks, especially after the system&#8217;s launch on the 18th. We finally have our first look at sales figures according to the NPD group and things are looking up for Nintendo&#8217;s new console. The install base for the Wii U currently sits at 475,000 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75],"tags":[1386,264],"class_list":["post-1292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-nintendo","tag-wii-u"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WiiUDeluxe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-kQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1248,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/11\/nintendo-miis-enjoy-a-day-in-toronto\/","url_meta":{"origin":1292,"position":0},"title":"Nintendo Mii&#8217;s Enjoy A Day In Toronto","date":"November 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"To celebrate the launch of the Wii U, Nintendo has released this video of a bunch of Mii's enjoying the day in Toronto. 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