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Wii 2 Unlikely For 2011, Maybe In 2012

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-a-few-more-old-franchises-to-resurrect dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As discussed on Slashdot earlier this year, the lack of a next-generation Wii may be hurting Nintendo. That doesn't seem to concern the company's US chief, Reggie Fils-Aime, who said this week that a Wii 2 might not appear until 2012. He wants to sell a few million more consoles before a successor is launched. So, no Wii 2 for 2010 or 2011 — meanwhile, the PS3 and Xbox consoles get motion control support and other content enhancements. What does that mean for the success of Nintendo's gaming console business? Has the innovator been out-innovated due to a sluggish product roadmap?"

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  1. I suspect he may be misleading the public by brunes69 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nintendo has been raking in a metric buttload of cash off of the Wii.

    Remember the fact that the Wii *hardware* made a profit from day 1, while the PS3 and the 360 sold at a loss for many many years.

    What have they been doing with all that cash? R&D of course. Do you actually think Nintendo is just sitting around on their hands? They are not stupid.

    In all likelihood they are just laughing their butts off at Sony and Microsoft pushing over themselves playing catch-up, meanwhile sitting on some revolutionary new console that will be surprise announced in the summer to come out next Xmas.

    1. Re:I suspect he may be misleading the public by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      I can't tell if you are serious or sarcastic, but for the record:

      Iwata makes $770K ($2.1M with possible bonuses). Miyamoto earns under $700K ($1.4M with possible bonuses). The other 4 top guys earn around $500K ($1.2M to $1.6M with bonuses). Those incomes are tiny, both when compared to other companies in their industry, and considering the billions in profit the company makes ($2.43 billion last year, $2.99 billion the year before, and those are actual profits, not just revenue).

  2. Re:I don't expect Nintendo to recover.... by Chaotic222 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not arguably the most successful console this generation. It flat out is the most successful console this generation by any reasonable metric. The Wii has practically sold more units than the PS3 and 360 combined. It dominates software sales, too. And unlike the PS3 and 360, the Wii was selling for a profit from day 1, meaning Nintendo has been making money off it from day 1. The only console that could reasonably compete with it in terms of "success" would be the DS. Nintendo is in an amazing position right now.

  3. Re:Limited markets... by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just looked up the price on Amazon. According to them, the only Kinect hardware I see is Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures for $197. Pardon my ignorance if that's more than retail. I really don't know.

  4. Re:Revolution by nomadic · · Score: 4, Informative

    For example, Wii's controllers aren't revolutionary, we had those for a long time (where??).

    Arcades. The Wii was a direct outgrowth of similar devices in arcades.

    Another example: iPhone was never revolutionary, we always had a lot of multitouch phones with a full browser, easy to install apps, and features that even mere mortals can figure out (which ones??).

    Huh? Who said we had multitouch phones? All you have to do is add that to your list to suddenly exclude all other phones, while at the same time implying that none of these other phones have the other characteristics you have on your list. Apple did not invent smartphones.