Nintendo has announced it will launch a successor to its popular Wii gaming console next year! As of March 2011, Nintendo has sold 86.01 million consoles since 2006 when the console was released to the public. However, in 2010 the company sold only 15.1 million game consoles globally — a 25% drop from 2009 when it sold 20.1 million units.
The company also revealed its yearly financial results for 2010, marking a big drop in net profit — $825 million — 66 percent less than in 2009.
The declining Wii sales paired with the shoddy financial results make this a perfect moment for Nintendo to announce the next version of Wii. A “2012 launch” is as vague as launch dates come, but Nintendo promised to have a playable unit, as well as more details and specifications of the upcoming Wii model, at the E3 Expo, which is June 7-9 in Los Angeles.
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