Nintendo: No New Wii Before Original Sells 45 Million Units in US

[AzrealMaximillion]

You mean they havent sold 45 million wiis? geez, with the projected stats of wiis to house holds you'd think everyone had at least five and was using them like coasters.

Not 45 million in the States no. And with the way that things are going with their lack of good 3rd party support, their lack of originality with 1st party games, and the fact that their own edge can be done better by both major competitors.I don't think another 10 million US sales will come quickly for the Wii.

 

[scyther250]

*swollen

OT: That seems like a really lofty goal, to sell 30% more before releasing another. It's fairly far into the life cycle already, and sales are slowing. Personally I haven't seen any reason to own a Wii since Brawl, but perhaps they have some quality titles to sell, still. Releasing some good games rather than shovelware minigames would go a long way towards boosting sales, I think.

 

[emeraldrafael]

You mean they havent sold 45 million wiis? geez, with the projected stats of wiis to house holds you'd think everyone had at least five and was using them like coasters.

Not 45 million in the States no. And with the way that things are going with their lack of good 3rd party support, their lack of originality with 1st party games, and the fact that their own edge can be done better by both major competitors.I don't think another 10 million US sales will come quickly for the Wii.

True.... but remmber, its the cheapest next gen console, and is a casual gamer's dream. So i dont htink it will have an issue with selling ten million measly units.

 

[DragonChi]

It is my guess also that we will see a new console in 2012. To me it's really obvious. They have been thinking about a new console as soon as they launched the Wii. They need all that development and research time, so that by the time they have it all figured out, the Wii will have made all the sales that Nintendo was intending to make, and be ready for when the sales slow down and eventually halt. Also, No one is allowed to say anything about it so when Fils-Aimes denies anything, that's just him doing his job. you have to take "no"'s like that with a grain of salt.

Also, despite the fact that the Wii was launched around the same time as the 360 and ps3, i never considered it next-gen. simply because next-gen really refers to video quality and the Wii is still in the stone age only supporting 480p. So they NEED a new console out that will actually properly compete, at least to a much more decent degree than the Wii is now. HD is now a standard and Nintendo can't stick their head in the sand any longer, pretending that it doesn't matter.

I also think they need to invent a new (Successfully Appealing) Nintendo Hero, and have it's debut with the new HD console. If they did that, they would have a smash hit and it will sell like hot cakes on crack.

Anyway, That's what makes sense to me at least.

 

[tomtom94]

I think that the brand identity Nintendo have now - the thing Kinect and Move are missing -should sustain them. As will the simple fact that they're the cheapest (to pick up and play, anyway) out of the three options. (Assuming you buy a 360 bundled with Kinect, anyway)

Whether they're missing an opportunity by not announcing the Wii HD / WiiTwo / Whatever yet...we shall see. Personally I'm worried that the Wii is nowhere near powerful enough graphically and it still only has that tiny amount of flash memory.

 

[Delusibeta]

Quick! We can kill it in its nascent form, before it attains truly terrible power!

Too late, it's ensured motion controls will be the center of the next generation of consoles three years ago.

 

[JediMB]

The Kinect is easy to use? News to me.

Also, god, this thread reeks.

 

[mjc0961]

Wow, that must be some old prototype picture or something. Tiny Wiimote with no speaker and a rectangle power on/off button, and both the remote and console say "Nintendo" instead of "Wii" at the bottom.

Also I hope he's just saying that because it's better than saying "Yeah we're going to announce the Wii 2 next year and have it in stores by Christmas 2011" or something. Oh what am I worrying about. Nintendo isn't stupid, they aren't going to sit on the Wii forever if they don't get that extra 10 million sales they want.

Almost makes me want to order 10 million Wii consoles from America just to see what the next generation will have to offer.

But imagine the shipping bills...

You're talking about spending $2 billion on consoles and it's the shipping charge that worries you?

 

[felixader]

"...now that the playing field is more level."

I. JUST. DON'T agree!

How is the playing field more level now?

The Entry price for the Wii is MUCH cheaper!
Familys who have the Wii as their first console WILL NOT go on to buy an XBox360 with a Kinect or a a PS3 with Move.
THEY HAVE what they want including the 5 Wii games they will EVER buy.

This whole "now where everyone has Move Controls, everyone has the same chances!" theather seems totally off to me!

But what do i know.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

You mean they havent sold 45 million wiis? geez, with the projected stats of wiis to house holds you'd think everyone had at least five and was using them like coasters.

Not 45 million in the States no. And with the way that things are going with their lack of good 3rd party support, their lack of originality with 1st party games, and the fact that their own edge can be done better by both major competitors.I don't think another 10 million US sales will come quickly for the Wii.

True.... but remmber, its the cheapest next gen console, and is a casual gamer's dream. So i dont htink it will have an issue with selling ten million measly units.

I don't think price is a factor anymore. If it was, then the Gamecube would've outsold the original Xbox at least. The thing that the Wii had was motion control AND lowest price. With a slowdown in sales and it's competitors doing what it does better than it, I can't see the Wii selling another 10 million in the US easily. Especially not with Sony and MS marketing their motion controllers so hard.

 

[Dogstile]

"Give us more money! Give us more money or we won't sell you a shiny new toy! Do it! Do it!"

Yes, this entire article made me think of a japanese businessman holding the next console at ransom

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Snipster

I see you like Occult accademy? ;o)

OT: I hop on the 2012 bandwagon. But i would go as far as predicting it as actual year of release, not just revealing.
And even if i think something along the line of a Wii HD would be enough to make it sell well, i have the feeling Nintendo has something more to offen than just that.

This, Nintendo won't just do the same thing again, it's not in their nature.

Though I would laugh if just because Sony and Microsoft go out of their way to appeal to the casual gamer, Nintendo's console will go out of it's way to appeal to the hardcore, go all out, make it more powerful than the Ps3, better motion control than Kinect, crazy new controller, glasses-free 3D, full backwards compatibility back to the NES (including handheld games), launch titles include brand new, photo-realistic Zelda, Pikmin 3, a Bethesda made Pokemon game, crazy new FPS ip (with help from Valve), exclusive Final Fantasy XV and Luigi's Mansion 2...that console would appeal to everyone and probably be the best console of all time.

Oh and it won't be all that expensive either.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

If nitendo do make a new console in the next few years it will have to have full hd support, that way we can look forward to Super Mario HD, Metroid HD, Zelda HD etc.

But I wonder how it would work out with ms and sony planning 10+ lifecycles for their current consoles, a new hd console form nitendo may have a problem with sales as ms and sony would have a strong market base still going for current gen and i doubt many people would shell out for another hd console. Besides wii are still selling like crazy so i don't nitendo would worry about a new console in the near future.

 

[veloper]

Nintendo are still up against the same competition, but now with added sony and M$ periphials that put those combinations even further out of the price range of the casual gamer.
So that's still a win for Nintendo.

I reckon Nintendo don't have to make a wii HD, until Sony and M$ lower the prices enough to fall into the same rough price range as the wii.
Then they'll need to have expanded their casual library too and even then it will be a long while before the casual market migrates from the wii.

I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo kept the wii on for the casual audience and then put the hurt on M$ and sony in another way.
It's not impossible they'll take over the handheld market with the 3DS as the price eventually drops and push Sony completely out. PSP is already hurting. Then apple will be the only serious competitor left.

Seems then that all is left for Nintendo is to take the core audience back aswell.
Not a wii-HD, then but a SNES2, alongside the wii and the 3DS for complete domination.

 

[Tony2077]

i can say i hope it never sells that much it will but i can still hope

 

[thethingthatlurks]

I don't think that'll happen. We are talking about nearly a third of the total sales, and that is just not going to happen unless there is some new reason to buy the wii. As much as I hate them, Move and Kinect will draw customers away from the wii. I really doubt there are going to be another 10 million consoles sold, there's just no market for them at the moment, especially with the new hand-held on the horizon.

 

[Bigsmith]

Taking bets that nintendo will stop production after the 44999999 unit is made. Just to piss every one.

Ot: This doesn't seem to be a bad marketing plan in my idea, well if you look through the eyes of nintendo. Tell the crows that if you by there shiny stuff more even shinyer stuff will come out.

From a consumer perspective thats a total dick move. I want an improved wii, not nessesarily better graphics, but maybe better controls built into the standard wii-mote, rather then having to purchase an addon. (almost makes me feel need for the addon was done on purpose -_-')

I havent played on the "Move" or the "Kinect", but heard from my friends that own them that they are better then the Wii. I will confirm this after playing them my self.

 

[Electrogecko]

Nintendo's not going to release anything as shallow as a simple WiiHD in 2 years- even if it does have a graphical and processing overhaul and a hardrive to go with it. When they release a new console, it'll be to allow new ways to experience games- either through visuals, control, online functionality, or something we can't even concieve.

I DO think the system will be extremely powerful- probably at ps3 level or maybe even more since it'll be relatively cheap to do so in 2 years, and I DO think it'll be 3d and HD compatible and have a hardrive and incorporate all the accessories from the Wii, but I don't want to guess what the main draw to the system is going to be, cuz neither me nor any of you can guess at this point.

 

[crystalsnow]

I had to read the title 5 times before I understood what it was saying...

At first I thought Nintendo released a new console and it sold 45 million units overnight. I almost had a seizure.

 

[mythgraven]

Gee, wonder what gimmick they have in store for the next console. . . . Maybe they will go back to making solid games that can stand on their own without some bad gimmick to get them over. Or crazier yet maybe they will finally bring themselves into 2005 and make a console that has high definition output. I know that's just crazy talk but hell we can hope. Knowing Nintendo though it will be yet another Gamecube but this time instead of motion controls you have to control the games using harness you fit onto a gerbil !!!

Spot on. I mentioned in an earlier post, that Nintendo has made a name for themselves by being the "first" to utilize alot of the "gimmicks" out there, ie; touch screens, motion controllers, ect. At this point, it would be innovative, for Nintendo, to release a graphical powerhouse. Since, you know, they havent done that since the N64.

And thats even putting aside the fact that once again, we have a video game developer telling us how much of his product we are -required- to buy, a monstrously arrogant trend that is becoming more and more common place in todays times. Dev's are taking some seriously happy kool-aid with the amount of insulting, arrogant, and frankly stupid comments they are letting slip out of their mouths, with respect to a target audience that has kept their corporate ventures afloat since the 1980's. I understand the need for profit, in order to assure continued support, but Im getting rather sick of having a new product dropped into my lap, with an expectation on ME built in. I rather thought I was the one who was supposed to have the expectations, and that it was the quality of the product itself that would drive its own profits, not the demands of the developer.


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