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There’s no longer a Wii U presence in Asda, one of the UK’s major supermarkets with 555 stores, reports CVG.
The price guarantee retailer had already slashed the price of the 8GB Wii U Basic to only £149.99, and it appears this was the last straw for the struggling platform.
“Asda continues to offer customers a selection of Wii U games and accessories through Asda Direct, but these ranges are currently not on offer in Asda shops,” an Asda rep confirmed.
A further statement added: “”Asda will stock [Wii U] games on a title by title merit basis as they come along through Asda Direct. We will continue to support Nintendo as a format holder partner.”
Nintendo, however, remained bullish about the Wii U’s future.
“Nintendo UK does not comment on specific business practices with individual retailers,” reads the statement. “However, as we have seen with Nintendo 3DS, software sells hardware, and with titles such as Wonderful 101, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and Super Mario 3D World already announced for this year as well as the recently released Pikmin 3 and New Super Luigi U having reached number 2 and number 6 in this week’s chart respectively, we are looking forward to the year ahead on Wii U.”
Nintendo must now hope other supermarkets don’t follow Asda’s lead, especially as we move closer to the Christmas gift-buying season.
Source: CVG
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