Wii is a white line product, and theyll keep it as it for a while

They will probably come out with black in the US by October. They will announce it at their Fall conference.

mortono said: They will probably come out with black in the US by October. They will announce it at their Fall conference.

That will make me pick up a Wii.

sguy78 said: It seems like they are reluctant to do anything but the status quo for the console.

As long as people were lining up in droves to buy the Wii just as it is, why wouldn't Nintendo simply let them? With their manufacturing capacity not even enough to meet the demand until relatively recently, and still only just barely enough, it is not as if they could have increased their sales by any significant degree: even Nintendo cannot sell a console that has not yet been built. There was, therefore, no advantage to Nintendo to offer new colors at that point.

The current economic downturn seems to be affecting all three consoles in more or less the same way: sales are dropping, but marketshare is mostly unchanged. However, it is now getting to the point where Nintendo might actually be able to handle the sort of momentary surge that might come from releasing different colors. So now might be a better time to consider releasing colors, and indeed we're starting to see some moves in that direction.

its selling so well and also because most of its lifetime it was supply constrained and so htey had to keep making the white ones and also because once sales start dipping they will bring new colors

Nintendo doesn't need to release new colors for any system, handheld or console, until its sales reach a certain threshold of sales not being met. And the Wii has pretty much either been selling out or selling very fast for its entire lifetime, so there's no need to bring out new colors to generate new hype for the console.

sguy78 said: mortono said: They will probably come out with black in the US by October. They will announce it at their Fall conference. That will make me pick up a Wii.

you dont have a Wii?! Word! Sorry I just assumed you had one.

theARTIST0017 said: sguy78 said: mortono said: They will probably come out with black in the US by October. They will announce it at their Fall conference. That will make me pick up a Wii. you dont have a Wii?! Word! Sorry I just assumed you had one.

No, I'm waiting for the black Wii. My roommate has one I play occasionally.

They will get sued by the Rainbow for infringing on the colours it owns. That's how patents work....right?

Kenryoku_Maxis said: Nintendo doesn't need to release new colors for any system, handheld or console, until its sales reach a certain threshold of sales not being met. And the Wii has pretty much either been selling out or selling very fast for its entire lifetime, so there's no need to bring out new colors to generate new hype for the console.

It seems like it could use a little boost as of right now, not that it isn't still doing well.