Wii tops 40M in Americas.

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Jay520 said:

Nsanity said:

Congrats?

why the question mark?

Because he's not sure, it's the Wii not the X360, he's not interested. :p

Btw that's quite bad, because I dunno who from Nintendo said that they'd think of a new console when Wii hits 45M in NA, or something like that, so new generation for them is really close.

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Jay520 said:

Nsanity said:

Congrats?

why the question mark?

Because he's not sure, it's the Wii not the X360, he's not interested. :p

Btw that's quite bad, because I dunno who from Nintendo said that they'd think of a new console when Wii hits 45M in NA, or something like that, so new generation for them is really close.

Not exactly. Wii is at 35M on USA. Needs at least another 10M. So maybe for end of 2012.

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On to 50 Million by the end of 2011...

anyway, since we are talking about the Wii 2... I don't know when it will come out but personally I WANT a formal announcement around May 2013(2 weeks before E3), an E3 blowout with an October 2013 release.

I think that depends on how Wii performs during 2011. If they release WVS and its a hit like Wii Fit, then its possible, 'cause sw sales will be up. If not, then sw will be down more than this year.

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Pavolink said:

*Sound Of Rain said:

On to 50 Million by the end of 2011...

anyway, since we are talking about the Wii 2... I don't know when it will come out but personally I WANT a formal announcement around May 2013(2 weeks before E3), an E3 blowout with an October 2013 release.

I think that depends on how Wii performs during 2011. If they release WVS and its a hit like Wii Fit, then its possible, 'cause sw sales will be up. If not, then sw will be down more than this year.

I could be wrong but I suspect Nintendo will be giving 18 to 24 months notice to major third party publishers before they release their next home console; which means if they were planning on a 2012 release they've probably already began announcing it to publishers (assuming a July to December release), and if they were aiming for a 2013 release they would be making that decision in the very near future. In other words, they don't have the luxury to "wait and see" how 2011 goes to decide whether to release in 2012 or 2013.

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HappySqurriel said:

Pavolink said:

*Sound Of Rain said:

On to 50 Million by the end of 2011...

anyway, since we are talking about the Wii 2... I don't know when it will come out but personally I WANT a formal announcement around May 2013(2 weeks before E3), an E3 blowout with an October 2013 release.

I think that depends on how Wii performs during 2011. If they release WVS and its a hit like Wii Fit, then its possible, 'cause sw sales will be up. If not, then sw will be down more than this year.

I could be wrong but I suspect Nintendo will be giving 18 to 24 months notice to major third party publishers before they release their next home console; which means if they were planning on a 2012 release they've probably already began announcing it to publishers (assuming a July to December release), and if they were aiming for a 2013 release they would be making that decision in the very near future. In other words, they don't have the luxury to "wait and see" how 2011 goes to decide whether to release in 2012 or 2013.

If that's the case, then around this time major third party's will have devs kits.

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gumby_trucker said:

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5 more million to go for new info from reggie :D

Ha, exactly what I was going to post. I guess the Wii2 will be unveiled in E3 (actually how long did it take for 5 million to be sold thos year starting with the new year?)

Well... at this point I'd definitely say Reggie knows something we don't... not sure if another 5 mil by July is guaranteed, but maybe, just maybe, Nintendo is trying to pull another 3DS with the Wii2. i.e. announce at E3 (or maybe even have a secret special event for it around September) and release during Q1 or Q2 of 2012 so that by holiday 2012 there will already be some decent games from 3rd parties as well... that would definitely be interesting... NO WAY would MS or Sony be prepared for another launch before holiday 2012, especially not Sony if they plan to launch psp2 this year...

It also might mean a dual-console Zelda again, though personally that would piss me off a bit that N's most successful console may not get an exclusive Zelda...

Pure speculation of course, except for the part where Reggie knows SOMETHING...

the release of the next console might not be as quick as we would like

timeline of the Wii:

Nintendo first spoke of the console at the 2004 E3 and later unveiled the system at the 2005 E3, and then released it in November 2006.

I would also appreciate having more time and major releases before Nintendo move on to their next machine. It was rightfully said here that Reggie meant US sales of 45 mil. and not America sales, so that alone should mean a life extension of 6 months or so.

Regarding the manner in which the next console will be revealed to the public, I think it will be much more secretive and quick to launch than the Wii, and more like the 3DS. The reasons I believe this are that Nintendo were in a very different position last gen with home consoles, and decided it was necessary to iterate their strategy to the industry in a manner that was more open, in order to make a point about their new direction and possible new directions for the industry.

I think they were doing this in order to gain trust, but by exposing themselves in such a manner they also left themselves quite vulnerable in a few key areas and I find it hard to believe they will be so open about their point of view next generation.

that makes a lot of sense, if they take as long as they did with the wii, the other companies have time to respond (if in fact nintendo is on track to release the next console first)

also most likely the next console will be similar to the wii (in a way that the wii was not similar to the gamecube) so the build-up to the release does not need to be as groundbreaking because the differences would not be as great

in summary i hope the time from the announcement to the release is less than the wii, but that it doesn't come for a while (nothing at this E3 anyway, maybe not even the next depending on how the wii sells this year)

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*Sound Of Rain on 02 January 2011

Pavolink said:

*Sound Of Rain said:

On to 50 Million by the end of 2011...

anyway, since we are talking about the Wii 2... I don't know when it will come out but personally I WANT a formal announcement around May 2013(2 weeks before E3), an E3 blowout with an October 2013 release.

I think that depends on how Wii performs during 2011. If they release WVS and its a hit like Wii Fit, then its possible, 'cause sw sales will be up. If not, then sw will be down more than this year.

I hope that V.S is a hit since it looks interesting.

I am not done or board with the Wii or this Generation in general yet so a 2013 release is what I personally want...not just for Nintendo's new console but Microsoft's and Sony's as well.(Don't have 360 but have a PS3). I would prefer that all 3 release in the same year this time around instead of somebody releasing early or late...