According to mega retailer and online auction site eBay, the Wii U was the most popular item sold during its massive Black Friday sale. The e-tailer had a bundle priced at $259 this year, making it one of the cheapest places to pick up a new Wii U. According to reports, once the deal went live over four thousand units were sold in just under 17 minutes, for a sale rate of four devices per second.
The Wii U, priced at $259.99, sold out 4,000 units in less than 17 minutes, with customers snapping up four of the devices per second. The $399 iPads sold at a rate of one per second, with 2,000 disappearing in a just over 30 minutes.
No other game console game close to this on eBay, where the second most popular item was the iPad Air. No doubt plenty of people are looking to get in on the recent release of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. According to rough estimates, the Wii U managed to capture about 6% of sales during Black Friday compared to other game consoles. We won’t know how much these sales benefit Nintendo until next month, with NPD Group announces their numbers for the Black Friday week.
