Wii production to cease
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:
-iTzKevinFTW Good the add ons for it are worh more then the game it self
Seriously? How much we're they?
GoldPeakTeaPosted:
Good and bad. The Wii was terrible but at least they tried to get people into shape
Dr-JPosted:
Chloe_xD Not many people will be buying this if the ps4 and xbox one are out soon x
It would still get more sales than the wiiU x
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
cube382closetDr-J Wow already? They could keep selling it
Maybe they're doing this so people buy the wii u now
or maybe no one is buying Wii's now
The Wii is still a good console I don't like the WiiU this was unexpected put it that way.
cube382Posted:
closetDr-J Wow already? They could keep selling it
Maybe they're doing this so people buy the wii u now
or maybe no one is buying Wii's now
closetPosted:
Dr-J Wow already? They could keep selling it
Maybe they're doing this so people buy the wii u now
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