Nintendo's Wii passes 100m units!

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oniyide on 29 July 2013

Talal said:

supermario128 said:
Considering all the high hopes everyone had of it eventually passing PS2 during the early years, this is kind of sad. Still, congrats! It still has a shot of passing PS1, I guess.

Someone predicted that it'd outsell the whole PS family lol.

Congrats very nice milestone.

i remember that, id argue that the pro WIi predictions were just as crazy if not crazier than the anti ones

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 29 July 2013

Nicely done, Nintendo. Almost an 80 million increase over its predecessor.

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Soundwave on 30 July 2013

I think Nintendo should've released a Wii HD in late 2010, with a better CPU/GPU (still cheap though) and more RAM ala the Game Boy -- Game Boy Color leap and bundled it with the Wii Motion Plus controller standard.

256MB RAM + bump the eDRAM to 6MB or something to allow for 720p resolution. Revamped OS with a better eShop and encourage indie devs to offer more software to keep the platform going with new games.

$169.99 at launch, could be $99.99 by now and still sell for 3-5 more years IMO.

The "Wii U" should've been a different brand if it was going to use a tablet controller (I've suggested "New Nintendo Entertainment System" or something). Wii should've remained reserved for the Wiimote controller/motion gaming/budget gaming.

My two cents, but I think the Wii could've sold as a casual/budget console for another several years if Nintendo had done this and using the Wii brand for the Wii U hasn't helped that console one bit at all (probably is hurting it if anything).

Wii HD - $99.99

New NES - $349.99

3DS - $169.99-$199.99

I think would be three pillars Nintendo could sell for years and are three distinct brands that can reach three different audiences.

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DJEVOLVE on 30 July 2013

This is great news.

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Carl on 30 July 2013

Grats, dat milestone.

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Farsala on 30 July 2013

Great! Sony and Nintendo now have a 100m home console. What is next? Microsoft and their Xbox ONE?

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I hate that console.

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zorg1000 on 30 July 2013

Soundwave said:

I think Nintendo should've released a Wii HD in late 2010, with a better CPU/GPU (still cheap though) and more RAM ala the Game Boy -- Game Boy Color leap and bundled it with the Wii Motion Plus controller standard.

256MB RAM + bump the eDRAM to 6MB or something to allow for 720p resolution. Revamped OS with a better eShop and encourage indie devs to offer more software to keep the platform going with new games.

$169.99 at launch, could be $99.99 by now and still sell for 3-5 more years IMO.

The "Wii U" should've been a different brand if it was going to use a tablet controller (I've suggested "New Nintendo Entertainment System" or something). Wii should've remained reserved for the Wiimote controller/motion gaming/budget gaming.

My two cents, but I think the Wii could've sold as a casual/budget console for another several years if Nintendo had done this and using the Wii brand for the Wii U hasn't helped that console one bit at all (probably is hurting it if anything).

Wii HD - $99.99

New NES - $349.99

3DS - $169.99-$199.99

I think would be three pillars Nintendo could sell for years and are three distinct brands that can reach three different audiences.

Thats a very interesting idea, how powerful would the Wii HD be in comparison to Wii and PS360? Also I think launching at $199 and being $129-149 now would be more relistic since Wii wasnt down that far in 2010 and still hasnt hit $99.

And would New NES be the same as the Wii U as we know it or would it have some differences?

And just for conversation, what do u think about my proposed idea a few pages back on how tgey could have extended Wii life while not messing up Wii U first year?

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