The Wii is not dead or dying.

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Train wreck said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Mr Puggsly said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

The SNES was also sold well after the N64 came out. And the handhelds were all supported when the next came along, because they were all hits.

True, but SNES had a stronger and more rounded out library than N64. It also had some pretty good support years into N64s launch. Japan also played a big role. SNES sold 17 million units in Japan, N64 only sold like 5 million.

Wii is definitely on a decline. Price cuts will help sales, but 3rd party software is getting abysmal. Wii may not be dead, but it sure does feel like its dying.

Decline doesn't mean dying. And 3rd parties have made themselves abysmal even when the system was selling loads, so that doesn't prove anything either way.

And it seem those declaring it's dying are those that didn't like the system anyway, so you're just spouting wishful thinking, not reality.

Sigh, why do people keep making these threads to try to defend the defenseless.  The wii's glory days are well behind it, its dying, your emotions dont dicate that but Wii sales do.  The Wii will garner no more support from 3rd parties say a couple to throw random party game and fitness nonsense, any legit developer has moved on from the Wii, you need to too.

There's a difference between Nintendo dying and the Wii dying.  The problem is, most people don't seperate the two.  And while even Nintendo itself has emphasized they're looking to move ahead (making a new system alone is a big indicator of that), they also have stated they won't be dropping support for the Wii and think it has plenty of continued potential.  So no, the Wii isn't 'dead'.

Also, claiming the Wii is dead because it ''will garner no more support from 3rd parties" is a moot point.  The Wii has been virtually ignored by third parties since it came out and Nintendo itself has been the cause for its high sales with games like WiiSports, WiiFit, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros and Pokemon.  In fact, some of the best looking third party games are coming out after the announcement of a new system (Last Story, Xenoblade, Conduit 2, Dragon Quest X).

miz1q2w3e said:

I think it's more about the game lineup and how it hasn't had many (any?) interesting games released for a pretty long time, nor does it have many (again, any?) coming out in the near future

Why is it that anytime a Nintendo system goes more than a month without a 'major release' that people claim the system is dying.  Yet the HD consoles can go months waiting for another title on the level of something like God of War III, Assassins Creed and etc, but people do nothing but defend their releases.  Heck, the major releases now is Mortal Kombat and Socom 4 and after that...everyone is just focusing on games that don't even have a release date like Mass Effect 3 or The Last Guardian.

Yet recently the Wii got tons of games like Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby Epic Yarn, Epic Mickey and Sonic Colors.  I doubt you bought all four of those first day.