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Darc Requiem on 24 March 2009
non-gravity said:
Nintendo's profits double confirmed :p

 

No kidding. This would make the Wii cheaper to manufacture and more reliable. The fewer moving parts a product has the less likely it is to break down.



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Viper1 on 24 March 2009
Gamerace said:
Viper1 said:
Gamerace said:
Wii Slim??

No chance of a price cut I assume.

More $$ for Nintendo.

Can't make it any slimmer.   This would reduce some motherboard real estate but offer no change to how thick the unit is.

 

 Your sarcasm detector is broken.  

Sorry, it was made by Microsoft.

 



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Gamerace on 24 March 2009
Viper1 said:
Gamerace said:
Viper1 said:
Gamerace said:
Wii Slim??

No chance of a price cut I assume.

More $$ for Nintendo.

Can't make it any slimmer.   This would reduce some motherboard real estate but offer no change to how thick the unit is.

 

 Your sarcasm detector is broken.  

Sorry, it was made by Microsoft.

 

lol well that explains it.  Don't worry, just call them up, send it in and wait 6 weeks - they'll send a new one.

 



 

palancas7 on 24 March 2009
Gamerace said:
Viper1 said:
Gamerace said:
Viper1 said:
Gamerace said:
Wii Slim??

No chance of a price cut I assume.

More $$ for Nintendo.

Can't make it any slimmer.   This would reduce some motherboard real estate but offer no change to how thick the unit is.

 

 Your sarcasm detector is broken.  

Sorry, it was made by Microsoft.

 

lol well that explains it.  Don't worry, just call them up, send it in and wait 6 weeks - they'll send a new one.

 

 

You broke the joke.



 

Procrastinato on 24 March 2009

Wow. 18W at 90nm, and with a fan. If it drops to like 12W I may go out and replace my Wii with a new one, and sell the old.



 

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liquidninja on 24 March 2009

It's almost like the good old cartridge days again.



Mr Khan on 24 March 2009

Why did i think it was already running on 65nm?

Helps pave the way for a price-cut, though. The stars are really aligning for that to happen at this point.



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megaman79 on 24 March 2009
Nintendogamer said:
The wii has many fans including the one in the Wii itself XD

 

Your should retire after that one, best joke ever lol



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Garnett on 24 March 2009

Cmon nitty throw a 1 gig flash memory inside and rename it Wii something,you can sell millions! I would buy one :)



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TWRoO on 24 March 2009

They were waiting until they could actually build some stock of the old ones before changing over I suppose.

I don't really know anything about chipsets but I would guess it takes at least some time to change to a smaller die, which would mean temporarily lowering production of the old ones to introduce the new? Thus super-high demand stopped them changing.

As for the no fan thing...that is pretty impressive, but then they did spend research and development time making their chips small and cool rather than big, hot and technologically advanced like Sony and MS.