Post by Markus on Apr 25, 2011 8:01:46 GMT -5
Already?
Source: gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/85781/nintendo-officially-confirms-wii-successor/
Nintendo officially confirmed that they are working on a successor to their hugely successful Wii console, codenamed Project Cafe, that is planned to launch in 2012. The confirmation came from a note published alongside their 2011 financial statement. Nintendo also confirmed that they plan to make the system playable at E3 2011 and will presumably officially unveil the console and early games at their E3 Press Event.
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Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.
We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.
Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.
Nintendo have confirmed no details on the machine itself - rumours of the last couple of weeks have suggested a console with HD capabilities and "significantly more powerful" than Xbox360 and PS3, a tablet-style controller with a 6 inch screen and dual analogue sticks, the ability to stream content straight to the controllers, backward compatibility with Wii, a price point of $350-400, and even first images of what the new console might look like. Nintendo seems to be positioning the new hardware as a move away from the Wii motion concept (but still backward-compatible) and some rumours have suggested the final name could be "Stream" with the focus on the individual screen in each controller and game mechanics working around the idea that each player could play games from their own perspective and even in different rooms. Of course much of this is speculation and rumor at this stage but we all know there is no smoke without fire.
We will bring you more information on the system as it becomes available.
Source: gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/85781/nintendo-officially-confirms-wii-successor/
Nintendo officially confirmed that they are working on a successor to their hugely successful Wii console, codenamed Project Cafe, that is planned to launch in 2012. The confirmation came from a note published alongside their 2011 financial statement. Nintendo also confirmed that they plan to make the system playable at E3 2011 and will presumably officially unveil the console and early games at their E3 Press Event.
The full text is shown below:
Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.
We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.
Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.
Nintendo have confirmed no details on the machine itself - rumours of the last couple of weeks have suggested a console with HD capabilities and "significantly more powerful" than Xbox360 and PS3, a tablet-style controller with a 6 inch screen and dual analogue sticks, the ability to stream content straight to the controllers, backward compatibility with Wii, a price point of $350-400, and even first images of what the new console might look like. Nintendo seems to be positioning the new hardware as a move away from the Wii motion concept (but still backward-compatible) and some rumours have suggested the final name could be "Stream" with the focus on the individual screen in each controller and game mechanics working around the idea that each player could play games from their own perspective and even in different rooms. Of course much of this is speculation and rumor at this stage but we all know there is no smoke without fire.
We will bring you more information on the system as it becomes available.
