Wii Ending Soon

[Demon_Skeith]

On Nintendo.co.jp, the Wii page reads, "Manufacturing is scheduled to end soon" ("kinjitsu seisan shuuryou yotei" or 近日生産終了予定). In Japan, Nintendo has been known to announce it is ceasing hardware production for certain consoles (or colors) via notices like this.

Stacked up against the Famicom, which Nintendo finally discontinued in 2003, it looks like the Wii's days were comparatively short. Its sales, however, were huge.

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On ward to Wii U.

 

[Ross]

It's not surprising, but it has a good run. While I no longer use mine for Wii games, it is still regularly used for Game Cube games, so it won't be going anywhere soon

 

[Demon_Skeith]

It's been confirmed that the Wii is now officially done.

 

[Kaynil]

It's all right. It is important Nintendo focus all it can with the current generation consoles.
To be honest I would have rather they stopped selling Wii's before stopping the Wii services, but overall it is good they are trying to send their resources to Wii U.

 

[Guardian]

The one thing I will hand to Nintendo is that they don't let the competition determine when they move on or release new products. I am still curious to see their response to the PS4 and XBox One.