Wii 2 Unlikely For 2011, Maybe In 2012

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?"

Comments

Re:I don't expect Nintendo to recover....

[Anonymous Coward]

My only point was to dispute the OP's assertion that the Wii...

...flat out is the most successful console this generation by any reasonable metric.

...because for the many and myriad reasons discussed above, the Wii is NOT a 7th gen console, and therefore, release-date notwithstanding, it is NOT "the most successful console of this generation" by ANY metric, excepting that you specifically define "this generation" as "consoles of any technological standard, whose north-american release date occurred proximal to 2006". Which is a retarded definition and serves only to reflect the disingenuiness of the entire Wii marketting strategy.

Nevertheless, I fail to understand what your response adds to the discusion as you don't seem to have anything to say wrt to the central argument... It's great that you have fun within the confines of the Wii's limitations, I'm sure the many people who still purchase PS/2's feel the same way, but that doesn't make either one of those consoles elements of "this generation".

-AC

Who wants a Wii 2?

[Kevin108]

I'm still waiting for a good game for the original Wii.