Wii U Sells 400,00 Units in First Week

In an interview with CNET, Nintendo reported it sold 400,000 Wii U hardware units over the last week.

Nintendo of American president Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET that according to Nintendo's internal data, Wii U reached 400,000 sold; in total Nintendo reached over 1.2 million hardware units sold, including Wii U, Wii, DS, and 3DS.

"Wii U is essentially sold out of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock," Fils-Aime said. "Retailers are also doing their best to get the product to store shelves. But as soon as product hits retail, they're selling out immediately."

Surprisingly, older Nintendo consoles performed very well over the Thanksgiving week. The Wii, which debuted in 2006, sold 300,000 units. The DS, which launched all the way back in 2004, sold 275,000 units. Most strangely, Nintendo's newest handheld system, 3DS, actually sold fewer units than the DS did: 250,000.

Fils-Aime explained that DS sales eclipsed 3DS sales because of "significant" DS deals offered by retailers on Black Friday.

Wii U launches in Europe and Australia on November 30, and in Japan on December 8.