Wii production to cease

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Nintendo will cease manufacturing its Wii console in the near future, the company has confirmed.

In a note to customers on the Wii product page, the Japanese website has the words "近日生産終了予定" placed next to the console, which means "manufacturing is scheduled to end soon".

The ceased production will mark the final chapter of the Wii story, which began when first announced in 2004 and went on to become the most successful home console in the company's 125-year history. Considered a pioneering device that popularised motion control, the Wii shipped on November 19, 2006, and sold out near-immediately.

In July, Nintendo announced that lifetime sales of the system have surpassed the 100 million mark - joining an elite club of just three home consoles that have managed to sell at that volume (the other two being PlayStation One and PlayStation 2).

However, despite its success, the Wii is only Nintendo's third most popular games device when handhelds are factored in. Its all-time best seller is the Game Boy, which recorded lifetime sales of 118 million. In second place is the Nintendo DS.


In March, Nintendo released the Wii Mini, a rudimentary version of the console designed with a priority to keep manufacturing costs low. The hardware lacked online functionality, did not feature an SD card slot or support GameCube backwards compatibility.

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Corn_DogPosted:

Soon they will join Sega and only help produce games

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Mentalist
Boar Oh boy, the signs of Nintendo going downhill. RIP Nintendo.


I honestly believe they'll get bankrupt soon.


I don't think Nintendo will go bankrupt. The Nintendo 3DS is still doing good, just the Wii U was bad. If they make another console and it turns out to fail like the Wii U, then they might be running into some more serious issues.

TomorrowLandPosted:

This honestly can't be good for Nintendo. At least they're not like 99% of companies and just carry on the chain for like forever...

MentalistPosted:

Boar Oh boy, the signs of Nintendo going downhill. RIP Nintendo.


I honestly believe they'll get bankrupt soon.

MentalistPosted:

I knew this was going to happen, nobody even plays on the Wii anymore.

DawPosted:

Finally. Sounds harsh but barely anyone plays and they've been doing really bad.

Dr-JPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Dr-J
TX_F1ERCE_TX Honestly, the only reason I even played the Wii was to bring back old child hood memories. That's about it. Other than that, everyone else prefers xbox, playstation, and PC.


That's why 95% of people bought it


I actually kept my Wii because I liked to play the GameCube games I grew up with. Paper Mario: TTYD, Super Smash Bros, Metroid and a lot of other games. It's somewhere in my room and I probably won't be selling it anytime soon as I would like to return to those sometime down the road.


I know..... That's what I basically summed up with the percent

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Dr-J
TX_F1ERCE_TX Honestly, the only reason I even played the Wii was to bring back old child hood memories. That's about it. Other than that, everyone else prefers xbox, playstation, and PC.


That's why 95% of people bought it


I actually kept my Wii because I liked to play the GameCube games I grew up with. Paper Mario: TTYD, Super Smash Bros, Metroid and a lot of other games. It's somewhere in my room and I probably won't be selling it anytime soon as I would like to return to those sometime down the road.

Dr-JPosted:

TX_F1ERCE_TX Honestly, the only reason I even played the Wii was to bring back old child hood memories. That's about it. Other than that, everyone else prefers xbox, playstation, and PC.


That's why 95% of people bought it

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Boar
Mentalist I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.


Well obviously they have to cease production of a console eventually, although the Wii doesn't have a good predecessor such as the Xbox 360 over the Xbox Original, the Wii U doesn't count because its just not good.


Wii U wasn't the hype it was given(if it was given any.) It was basically thrown onto the shelves and hoped for the best to do just as good as the Wii, didn't happen and now the Wii U is having trouble with sales.


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