The Factory Responsible For Wii U eDram Set To Close Within 2-3 Years

[Egann]

hunter_alien said:

Egann said:
I don't see how this will even affect the Wii U. Two years until closing? That's probably almost as long as Nintendo took to design the thing: that's plenty of time for Nintendo to negotiate with another company to replace them.

Nice for the advance warning, though.

They could probably arrange it, but it will still cost money. And judging by the factories current issues, I doubt that many would do it for cheap, if they would do it at all.

Everything costs money, but I don't see this being a major factor this time. If bad goes to worse and the Wii U still sells pitifully for another year or two, Nintendo has the cash on hand to stockpile the component. If the Wii U starts to sell better, it'll be a lucrative high volume low-tech contract most chip manufacturers will be able to fulfill in their sleep. It's the nether in the middle where the Wii U just lingers, selling neither well, nor poorly, that'll be the toughest call.

I'd be saying someting completely different if it were the whole GPU.