The maker of the mega hit Wii console says it will formally unveil its next system at E3 in Los Angeles in June. To date, it has sold 86 million Wiis. Rumors expect the next system could cost $400 and be far more powerful than the current console.
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Nintendo: Wii successor coming in 2012
Not only has the Wii seen a bunch of sales declines in the last year, but for the current year, the software slate is pretty sparse so far. You have Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Mario Sports Mix, and then Zelda: Skyward Sword later in the year. That’s about it from the first-party perspective.
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Nintendo: 3DS Has Led to Wii Game Delays
Retail led, not official – Nintendo An advertisement said to come from US retail giant Target appears to show that despite Nintendo’s denials the Wii will soon fall in price. The commercial for the week beginning September 27th sees the Wii being sold for 199 USD – the same point as previously speculated – a drop of 50 USD over the current price
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Wii cut to 199 USD spied in US (Ferrago)
New program hopes to get users connected The Nintendo Wii may be the best selling console of the current generation, but the system has already come under-fire for being the least played of the big three, critics hitting out over a lack of good games and a focus on casual filler releases. Nintendo aren’t taking these criticisms lying down however, and in a bid to get Wii users more serious they …
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Nintendo look to push Wii users online (Ferrago.co.uk)
Pity that busy monster, gamers-unkind…to Nintendo’s extraordinarily successful pint-sized hexahedral Gamecube-with-motion-control. Who knew the Wii would become the sales darling of the current generation? The Nintendo ditto-heads, sure, but they thought the Virtual Boy would usher in head-mounted gaming long before the Wachowskis were jamming knitting needles upside the backs of pasty-faced …
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To Wii or Not to Wii (PC World via Yahoo! News)