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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Dr-JPosted:

PawnStars
Immerse Honestly, I'm rather sad to see that Nintendo is in this state.

Nintendo has been a huge part of my gaming life, I will never forget playing the SNES as a kid.


I remember those days, it's really kind of sad to see em like this

I'm sure they will have something cool in the future, they can't give up this easily. They need new creative minds.

Corn_DogPosted:

Immerse Honestly, I'm rather sad to see that Nintendo is in this state.

Nintendo has been a huge part of my gaming life, I will never forget playing the SNES as a kid.


I remember those days, it's really kind of sad to see em like this

Corn_DogPosted:

Dr-J
PawnStars Sony should contract Nintendo to help them make more PS4s then lol


Lmao, that would be cool but they would have to pay them extra


Idk about that even, if Nintendo is doing as bad as we think I bet they'd take any big contract

Dr-JPosted:

PawnStars Sony should contract Nintendo to help them make more PS4s then lol


Lmao, that would be cool but they would have to pay them extra

Corn_DogPosted:

Sony should contract Nintendo to help them make more PS4s then lol

Dr-JPosted:

Called People still play that thing called the Wii? xD


Hmm, maybe some families and old people. No normal gamers would play it

DollPosted:

People still play that thing called the Wii? xD

DissPosted:

Dr-J
KingOG The Wii is dead, that's all that's to it.


Even though it is, I think nintendo is preparing another console secretly


If they are hopefully they take a better approach to it and base the fan base on a more mature audience

DissPosted:

Immerse Honestly, I'm rather sad to see that Nintendo is in this state.

Nintendo has been a huge part of my gaming life, I will never forget playing the SNES as a kid.


The old Nintendo days were a lot better. I never owned a snes but I used to play it at my grandparents house quite a bit. And the gameboys were a huge part of my childhood, I don't care too much for the newer Nintendo devices

Corn_DogPosted:

Dr-J
KingOG The Wii is dead, that's all that's to it.


Even though it is, I think nintendo is preparing another console secretly


We should hope so, otherwise they're finished


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