Wii parts production said to be shrinking, still plenty of Wiis being sold
By Donald Melanson 
posted December 2nd 2009 4:19PM
posted December 2nd 2009 4:19PM
Well, we've already seen demand for the Wii finally begin to slow and Nintendo's profits shrink as a result, and it looks like the inevitable trickle down effect is now also starting to take place. According to Nikkei, parts makers Mitsumi and Hosiden are expected to be particularly hard hit, with each forecasting a more than fifty percent drop in profits for the fiscal year ending next March. That still leaves them each with profits in the 5.3 to 6 billion yen range, however, and things should pick back up sooner or later whenever Nintendo decides the Wii needs a refresh or a revamp -- and, if not, there's always room for more Wu.
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Hard to belive a lady died from wanting one of these a few years back...
@smartmouth Hard to believe people got shot waiting for a PS3 as well...yet I own both of them!
@smartmouth
I can't believe I believed you.
@Special Agent Steve
YDI for believing.
@Special Agent Steve http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/14/woman-dies-trying-to-win-a-wii/
@Special Agent Steve
Makes you believe what seperates reality or fantasy. Are you ready, Steve? Are you ready to see how deep this rabbit hole goes?
* Holds out both hands*
Choose one, Steve. The blue pill will take you back to the reality you’ve always known, and this will all become a distant memory. But the red pill will show what reality really is.
Didn't this happen like two years back? Did Engadget just revive an article? Is this considered big news today?
It's not the Wii, it's the DS (as in Dollar Signs) that's making it rain.
It's not raining here. (the window is open, i can clearly see)
Nintendo is running out of places to put their money, so the obvious answer is to produce fewer money printers
'Time to take out the black paint for America.
@Lectronsect
I know what you're talking about, but it really just sounded like you're advocating for a Wii in blackface.
Uhmm who actually buys these things? Kids and women must already have one by now?
and they're still sold out at most retailers I've been to recently.. better off buying used anyway so you don't get the model with the DVD drive that doesn't play backups...
@Streetfights
Here in Seattle I've seen pallets of these sitting out in various stores. It could just be that places have been stockpiling them for the holidays, however.
i think this mean Wii HD to be announced in E3
@jodorowsky00
Sales might be down, doesn't mean Nintendo is losing money. They are just earning less than before.
This probably means they can do stop-gap measures for quite a while (such as different color models, other gimics) with a new (HD?) version next holidays...
Market Saturation complete. I think Nintendo can shift focus to a new Gameboy.
give us the black Wii in North America!!
Nintendo USA is racist for not doing this. They should be sued.
I like my game systems like i like my men.
gay
@(Unverified) skinny, popular, white and weak?
@DeAthWaGer
I take it you're a PS3 man then; you like yours big and black.
Well, we've already seen demand for the Wii finally begin to slow and Nintendo's profits shrink as a result, and it looks like the inevitable trickle down effect is now also starting to take place. According to Nikkei, parts makers Mitsumi and Hosiden are expected to be particularly hard hit, with each forecasting a more than fifty percent drop in profits for the fiscal year ending next March. That still leaves them each with profits in the 5.3 to 6 billion yen range, however, and things should pick back up sooner or later whenever Nintendo decides the Wii needs a refresh or a revamp -- and, if not, there's always room for more Wu.