Nintendo wiiu will stop manufacturing this year

This is indicated by Nikkei, one of the most important news portals in Japan, the Nintendo WiiU will stop manufacturing during this year 2016 before the imminent arrival of the new Nintendo NX console.

The history of Nintendo WiiU has not been happy at all since it was launched on the market about 4 years ago, selling since then only 12.6 million consoles worldwide, a resounding failure considering that Playstation 4 has sold 36 million units in half that time or the antecedent of the previous Nintendo Wii that exceeded 100 million units in 7 years.

Given the hard blow that the WiiU has taken and the null support of companies from the West, also from its native country like Capcom or Square-Enix, Nintendo intends to give it an early death to give rise to the Nintendo NX, a mysterious console that Much is rumored but little is known for sure about its potency and other characteristics. The announcement of the Nintendo NX would be imminent according to many rumors, the presentation would not go beyond this year 2016 and many already point to the next E3 event as the perfect framework to present it in society.

The late Satoru Iwata during the presentation of the Nintendo WiiU in 2012

Luckily for Nintendo, it still has a strong presence in portable games with its successful Nintendo 3DS and has already taken its first steps to enter the mobile games market with Pokemon Go, one of the great titles that Nintendo is preparing and that they will be released for Android and iOS devices.