Nintendo: “No Wii Successor Soon”
While many are expecting Nintendo to release a Wii successor soon, company president Reggie Fils-Aime vehemently answered negatively to the question, noting that the Wii will lead an average console life cycle before being replaced.
"We believe the role of a new console, a new system, is to bring great new entertainment ideas to life. We launched those systems when we had great ideas that would benefit either from a touch screen or from a Wii remote," explained Fils-Aime.
"We will consider the launch of new consoles when we have got great new entertaining ideas that can only be done with a new console," he added. "As we sit here today the Wii console has a long run ahead of it.”
The console has been dominating global sales charts since day one of its release and looks to be a rather hot item in the coming holiday season.
Meanwhile, the company has launched an updated version of the DS – dubbed DSi – which will be released in North America soon.