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    When will the Wii be discontinued in the west?

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    Post by Winters Thief Zero Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:32 pm

    The original Wii is still being released by Nintendo in NA and Europe. With it selling badly, and the Wii U having been around for nearly 2 years, when do you think it will be discontinued? (it was discontinued in Japan in summer 2013)

    I think it will be discontinued after this holiday season. So early 2015. I do find it a bit odd it's still being released though.
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    Post by queenzelda Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:16 pm

    I'd say it'll quit being made when it quit's selling really is my opinion. Cause Nintendo still wants to make money & all that jazz. xp
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    Post by commanderedgeworth Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:07 pm

    They just discontinued the PS2, which was helped by a very weak opening performance in the first few years by its successor. Same situation with the Wii except it's software sales weren't quite as strong and didn't go quite as long. Probably sometime next year.
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    Post by Gameguy1996 Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:02 pm

    I think it gets discontinued next year. The Wii Mini is still moving units in some places so that might stick around for a little longer.
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    Post by Luma Party Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:28 pm

    I'd assume after Christmas.
    Early 2015.
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    Post by Winters Thief Zero Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:43 pm

    commanderedgeworth wrote:They just discontinued the PS2, which was helped by a very weak opening performance in the first few years by its successor. Same situation with the Wii except it's software sales weren't quite as strong and didn't go quite as long. Probably sometime next year.
    But that was a different situation. The PS3 wasn't selling well at all, and the PS2 was the best selling console at the time. (of course the DS is now) And the fact that it was still selling well. The Wii continued to sell well, even overselling the Wii U for a little while, in the first half of 2013. But the Wii U averages around 60,000 units sold a week, whereas the Wii averages around 5,000. There's no reason to keep it on the market at this point, and people still get confused over the Wii U being an add-on to the Wii, as strange as it sounds.
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    Post by commanderedgeworth Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:03 am

    Zero Revolution wrote:
    commanderedgeworth wrote:They just discontinued the PS2, which was helped by a very weak opening performance in the first few years by its successor. Same situation with the Wii except it's software sales weren't quite as strong and didn't go quite as long. Probably sometime next year.
    But that was a different situation. The PS3 wasn't selling well at all, and the PS2 was the best selling console at the time. (of course the DS is now) And the fact that it was still selling well. The Wii continued to sell well, even overselling the Wii U for a little while, in the first half of 2013. But the Wii U averages around 60,000 units sold a week, whereas the Wii averages around 5,000. There's no reason to keep it on the market at this point, and people still get confused over the Wii U being an add-on to the Wii, as strange as it sounds.

    That's still 5000 new consoles a week bought at retail. That's still decent money, certainly not to be sniffed at. Actually they're just about to discontinue the PSP this summer in Europe and that definitely didn't do as well as the Wii did in the west. Companies like to keep it going as long as they can, because it's still decent money and it kind of adds to the legacy of the thing.
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    Post by Winters Thief Zero Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:22 am

    commanderedgeworth wrote:
    Zero Revolution wrote:
    commanderedgeworth wrote:They just discontinued the PS2, which was helped by a very weak opening performance in the first few years by its successor. Same situation with the Wii except it's software sales weren't quite as strong and didn't go quite as long. Probably sometime next year.
    But that was a different situation. The PS3 wasn't selling well at all, and the PS2 was the best selling console at the time. (of course the DS is now) And the fact that it was still selling well. The Wii continued to sell well, even overselling the Wii U for a little while, in the first half of 2013. But the Wii U averages around 60,000 units sold a week, whereas the Wii averages around 5,000. There's no reason to keep it on the market at this point, and people still get confused over the Wii U being an add-on to the Wii, as strange as it sounds.

    That's still 5000 new consoles a week bought at retail. That's still decent money, certainly not to be sniffed at. Actually they're just about to discontinue the PSP this summer in Europe and that definitely didn't do as well as the Wii did in the west. Companies like to keep it going as long as they can, because it's still decent money and it kind of adds to the legacy of the thing.
    I suppose you're right. It's not nearly as much money as they're making from the Wii U and 3DS, but it's still better to keep it on the market while it's still selling anything at all.
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    Post by Guest Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:15 am

    I had no idea the Wii was still being sold in stores as new.

    Wow. Why did I think it was discontinued last year?
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    Post by Winters Thief Zero Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:10 am

    ^ Maybe because it was discontinued in Japan last year. They discontinued it there, while saying it would still be available in other regions. Doesn't make much sense to me, if they continued selling it everywhere else, they might as well have continued selling it in Japan.

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