Wii U comes to a definitive end after the closure of its digital and online store
Nintendo Switch has been reaping success after success for years, which has not only caused us to witness in 2024 how the Japanese company is on its way to turning this platform into the best-selling in historybeing something that is possible for them to achieve not only because they are going to launch several new games this yearbut also because they have announced a new Nintendo Switch Lite for Zelda Echoes of Wisdom that can now be pre-ordered. However, the success of this console does not go hand in hand with that of the previous one.
While it was the console that planted the seed towards the concept of Nintendo Switch portability, Wii U was nowhere near as successfulsince this console originally launched in 2012 barely reached 13 million units sold (just for comparison, Nintendo Switch already has 142 million), which is why it was one of the shortest generations that we remember. On the other hand, the console's services have been gradually closed, since first it became impossible to buy digital games and then the impossibility of playing online. However, now They cannot even be repaired.
Wii U can no longer be repaired by Nintendo
In May of last year it was already announced that Wii U technical support was numberedsince Japan announced that this would only last until the pieces in the inventory they had were exhausted. Now, more than a year after this announcement, it has been announced that the service has officially closed because they no longer have spare parts, so it has become impossible to repair the consoles through the company's official services.
It should be noted that this does not only affect consoles, but also extends to Wii U peripheralsso if the Gamepad controller breaks or malfunctions, the console will be unusable.
Wii U is a company that specializes in the development of digital media, which is based on the development of the Internet. It is a company that specializes in the development of digital media, which is based on the development of the Internet. https://t.co/pmexAcLr4J
— Nintendo CS (@nintendo_cs) July 4, 2024
So, just in case it wasn't clear enough already, Wii U has become a console of the pastthe same path that awaits Nintendo Switch in a few years when Nintendo announces her successorwhich should be released sometime before March 2025.
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