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richardhutnik on 01 September 2009
sguy78 said:

It seems like they are reluctant to do anything but the status quo for the console.

What you complainaing about the colors?  To paraphrase Henry Ford, you can get any color of a Wii you like, so long as it is white.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 01 September 2009
sguy78 said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Nintendo doesn't need to release new colors for any system, handheld or console, until its sales reach a certain threshold of sales not being met. And the Wii has pretty much either been selling out or selling very fast for its entire lifetime, so there's no need to bring out new colors to generate new hype for the console.

It seems like it could use a little boost as of right now, not that it isn't still doing well.

They could.  A lot of people think they are going to soon, because the Wii sales have slowed, at least in comparison to the mad rate they were selling for the last 3 years.  But Iwata keeps making statements that make it seem like he thinks there's going to be no changes in the way the Wii is handled and that he thinks WiiMotionPlus and the software will help boost its sales over time.  Which I['m inclined to agree, especially when you consider some of the third party games coming out in fall/winter of this year.  Not to mention Nintendos own IPs.



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Wii_Master on 01 September 2009

Imagine a rainbow Wii...got the idea when I read the first post on this page by D_boy of the color!



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SmokedHostage on 01 September 2009

New colors are stupid.. I'd rather see them make new shells.



Pixel Art can be fun.

woopah on 01 September 2009

hopfully we will get black wii with MH3, then i might have to save my purchase until then



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proud soldier of nintopia

 

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sguy78 on 01 September 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
sguy78 said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Nintendo doesn't need to release new colors for any system, handheld or console, until its sales reach a certain threshold of sales not being met. And the Wii has pretty much either been selling out or selling very fast for its entire lifetime, so there's no need to bring out new colors to generate new hype for the console.

It seems like it could use a little boost as of right now, not that it isn't still doing well.

They could.  A lot of people think they are going to soon, because the Wii sales have slowed, at least in comparison to the mad rate they were selling for the last 3 years.  But Iwata keeps making statements that make it seem like he thinks there's going to be no changes in the way the Wii is handled and that he thinks WiiMotionPlus and the software will help boost its sales over time.  Which I['m inclined to agree, especially when you consider some of the third party games coming out in fall/winter of this year.  Not to mention Nintendos own IPs.

It's something for them to really consider at this point. Momentum is really hard to build up again once it has been lost.