Now that the Wii U is less than a year from releasing, questions are beginning to crop up about the future of the Wii. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime maintains that there’s still an audience for the old system… just a slightly different one that before.
“The consumer buying Wii hardware today is going to be a different consumer than the one who will be buying Wii U in the future,” said Fils-Aime. “This is the first holiday that the Wii is available at $149.99 or below, so it’s an expanded demographic we’re reaching. These are consumers who have heard about Wii for the past couple years, but at $199 or $249 it was economically out of their reach.”
“We haven’t announced pricing for Wii U, but you can definitely expect that pricing is going to be different and that the games are going to be different,” he added. “We do believe that Wii and Wii U will coexist for some time. As we drive the install base of Wii, we’re really setting people up to take their gaming library and be able to transfer it over to Wii U.”
Source: Time
