"We will continue to support the Wii U" they said
>Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo will cease production on Wii U before 2016 comes to a close.
>According to the company that manufactures Wii U’s parts, production has already stopped on some parts.
>By ceasing production, Nintendo hopes to reduce inventory risk and concentrate its management resources on NX, its new platform set to be unveiled in 2016.
>Compared to its previous console, Wii, Wii U has less popular games, sales are sluggish, and Nintendo does not anticipate recovery. Wii U launched in 2012. In three years, its total sales remain around 13 million.
Do we have actual sources, like Nintendo itself?
All of this sound like clickbait.
There is not enough demand to warrant increasing the supply.
where da source at senpai?
They were still selling launch units little over a year ago. They probably have tons of units rotting in warehouses.
>>331710278
kek. delusional nintendrones
>>331710669
It's from Nikkei you fucking retard.
>>331710278
I think they did this for a brief period with the Gamecube in 2003, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were ending the Wii U.
>>331710669
>>331711079
>that delusional
Just admit it's over Nothing can save it now and Zelda is going to get pushed to NX just like Twilight Princess did.
But look on the bright side, it did better than the Virtual Boy.
>Post yfw you didn't buy a Wii U
>Miitomo increases profits
>Wii U is halted
Businessmen win
>>331712727
>mfw Miyamoto's last thoughts were of how he ruined his company
>>331712458
And who's Nikkei? your mother's asshole?
It's obvious now that no one has hope for the NX, right? I don't even know what the fuck it is.
Splatoon sold as well as Bloodborne and Halo 5.
Nintendo's main games are clearly not fucking hurting. Their core fanbase will stick with them through thick and thin.
What's hurting them is the lack of visual power makes ordinary gamers, the CoD/Division audience, think it's a cheap device, and makes third parties struggle to port their games to a console with less of a buyer's market.
The NX had better be fucking PS4/XBO quality at best, or they're fucking toast.
Goddamnit, Nintendo, you can't re-bottle thunder. Don't try to "innovate" a new Wii.
A casual market, by definition, is a casual market that doesn't know it's looking for your product. Capturing them is a fucking stroke of dumb luck.
>>331714014
>A casual market, by definition, is a casual market that doesn't know it's looking for your product.
"Casual" is nothing more than a buzzword. It's clear when someone doesn't know what they're talking about when they try to pass Wii off as some fad, when Iwata clearly laid out their blue ocean strategy when it was known as Rebolution.
>>331714467
Yes his grand plan to squander everything they earned with the Wii, give up all the marketshare they earned, and become the laughingstock of gaming.
>>331710278
piiu
>>331714467
>"Casual" is nothing more than a buzzword
lol
>>331710278
>>331712458
>Nintendo denies that WiiU is ending production and that the nikkei source isn't Nintendo.
http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/spv/1603/23/news081.html
>>331710278
It basically ceased being relevant in 2014.
>>331714014
>their core fanbase
Yeah, all 10 million of them left. That isn't a good thing, anon.
