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http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/nintendo-wii-latin-america-eastern-europe/

"We will continue to sell the Wii," Nintendo America president and CEO Reggie Fils-Aime told investors today in a Q&A followup to the company's big Wii U event in New York City. "In the US, the Wii has sold about 40 million units. We believe that there continues to be an opportunity with the Wii." However, where Fils-Aime sees the most opportunity may not be where you expect. "I'm responsible for Canada, and Latin America as well," he said. "We think there's opportunity in both of those markets, especially Latin America." The Wii is currently offered by Nintendo in North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe, but not Latin America. The Wii ranges from $140 to $250, depending on what it comes with.

"You can reach price points, you can reach consumers that, candidly, we won't be able to reach with the Wii U. That's gonna continue to be an opportunity," he said. Fils-Aime and Nintendo also have their eyes on Eastern Europe. "On a global base, certainly there are markets in Eastern Europe. There are a number of other markets where if Wii has an attractive price point, it'll do well."

He also stood behind the console continuing to sell in its currently available markets alongside the Wii U after the new console launches this November. "We do believe there's still opportunity for the Wii, and we will continue to sell the Wii side-by-side for some period of time." Unsurprisingly, he didn't say exactly how long Nintendo is planning that support, nor would he say if we should expect a price drop for the aging console, but if we had to guess, we'd say "The Wii will drop in price" and "soon."

 

I think that Nintendo could dominate these markets.  Anyone from these areas want to chime in?



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Might as well sell it as long as you can. They should easily get to 105 million if they actually try in a few regions that have been neglected.



sethnintendo said:
Might as well sell it as long as you can. They should easily get to 105 million if they actually try in a few regions that have been neglected.


I think 105 million is a reachable amount tbh.



agreed, if they price it right, I may get a backup wii haha.



 

 

Well, if the PS2 could do it...



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Makes sense. I always wondered why the videogame industry's presence in areas such as Latin and South America has been lagging far behind most of the rest of the world. Is it due to piracy? Trade laws / agreements? Something else?



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

NightDragon83 said:
Makes sense. I always wondered why the videogame industry's presence in areas such as Latin and South America has been lagging far behind most of the rest of the world. Is it due to piracy? Trade laws / agreements? Something else?

They dont consider us worthy, case in point with nintendo, there is not a club nintendo neither in mexico nor latin america in general, there is not a Nintendo of Mexico nor Nintendo of LatinAmerica they didnt translate their games until this generation and if they do is iberian spanish and list go on and on



That's one of Sony's advantages , is it not, that they sold to markets like Latin America while others did not?

I really hope it can reach 100 million. It deserves it, and it would be a great way to cap off its run.



I can see it even selling more than 105m. With its large library of games and almost certain $99 label/price cut, it will show a respectable amount of sales for at least another 3 years.



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They really need to do something, both HW and SW prices in latin america are ridiculous. At least just the games, how do you plan to fight piracy when new Wii games cost ~100 USD. -.-