wraggster
June 9th, 2013, 22:27
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Best Buy is the next big retailer sending back its Wii U Basic units to Nintendo.Nintendo World Report (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34487) has an image pulled from Best Buy's internal system stating "stores should pull all new in box [Wii U Basic] units and send them back" starting tomorrow. It also notes that stores should see more Wii U Deluxe units arrive in the coming weeks.
GameStop is also currently going through a similar send-back (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/05/rumor-gamestop-discontinuing-wii-u-basic-after-june-18/) of the Wii U Basic.
Nintendo previously stated any notion of a recall of the Wii U Basic is a "misperception" and that the company is "working with its retail partners to simply rebalance the stock of the White 8GB and the Black 32GB Wii U models in the market." The House of Mario claims consumers will be able to continue purchasing both models. The Wii U has struggled since launch (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/24/wii-u-shipments-miss-targets-at-3-45m-fy14-forecasts-of-9m/), with the regular Wii outperforming its progeny.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/09/report-best-buy-also-returning-wii-u-basic/
Best Buy is the next big retailer sending back its Wii U Basic units to Nintendo.Nintendo World Report (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34487) has an image pulled from Best Buy's internal system stating "stores should pull all new in box [Wii U Basic] units and send them back" starting tomorrow. It also notes that stores should see more Wii U Deluxe units arrive in the coming weeks.
GameStop is also currently going through a similar send-back (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/05/rumor-gamestop-discontinuing-wii-u-basic-after-june-18/) of the Wii U Basic.
Nintendo previously stated any notion of a recall of the Wii U Basic is a "misperception" and that the company is "working with its retail partners to simply rebalance the stock of the White 8GB and the Black 32GB Wii U models in the market." The House of Mario claims consumers will be able to continue purchasing both models. The Wii U has struggled since launch (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/24/wii-u-shipments-miss-targets-at-3-45m-fy14-forecasts-of-9m/), with the regular Wii outperforming its progeny.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/09/report-best-buy-also-returning-wii-u-basic/