If you haven’t gotten your hands on aNintendo Switch 2yet, you’re not the only one. Stores around the globe are having stock issues asthe console quickly became the fastest-selling of all time, shifting over 3.5 million units in its first four days.
But while many store shelves have been left empty due to a lack of stock, one Target store has seemingly dug into the deepest, darkest sections of its stockroom to find units of a 13-year-old, discontinued console to sell in its space.
One Target Is Selling Wii Us As A Replacement For Its Lack Of Nintendo Switch 2 Consoles
TheWii UwasNintendo’smost disastrous console ever. It launched in late 2012, sold just 13.5 million units, and was thenunceremoniously discontinuedin January 2017. Inevitably, there is bound to be some stock of the console decaying in storerooms around the globe, and that seems to be the case at this Target.
On Reddit, user Financial-Cookie-927shared an imageof two boxed Wii Us sat on a store shelf in the place where you would assume Nintendo Switch 2s would be, were they in stock. The consoles are priced at $99.99 and are placed next to a lonelyThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomTulin Amiibo, which launched alongside Nintendo’s latest console.
Naturally, the post on Reddit has been flooded with comments, many of which were amazed to see Wii Us in the wild 13 years after it launched, and just as many stating they’d have scooped it up at the price it was listed for. “$99.99 is a steal considering these units sealed sell for far more. Some employee found some old stock in the back and is trying to get rid of it, I guess,“saidWindows-XP-Home-New in the thread.
Some employee found some old stock in the back and is trying to get rid of it.
It’s an astonishing find in this day and age, but having worked in a similar retail store in the UK, I’m not sure how kindly Nintendo would take to seeing old consoles in the space where Switch 2s should be. I’m sure they’d rather the space be empty. Lets just hope some excited child doesn’t end up with a Wii U instead of a Switch 2.
