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Wii U: Nintendo Sells Under 500,000 in Six Months Oct 30th 2013, 11:08, by Luke Karmali Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii U sold just 460,000 units worldwide in the six month period ending September 30, 2013. The company's latest financial report reveals this quarter has been slightly better than the one before it; this time around Nintendo managed to sell roughly 300,000 Wii U consoles, as opposed to the 160,000 of last quarter. Seeing as this quarter saw the company slash the cost of the console, alongside high profile releases including Pikmin 3 and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, it's not the most encouraging figure and hasn't helped Nintendo's profitability. Favourable exchange rates meant the company turned a small profit of ¥600 million ($6.1 million), which is still a marked improvement over the previous year's loss of ¥28 billion ($186 million). Continue reading…

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