Nintendo Japan Releases Development Division Interview
Nintendo of Japan has just published a rather huge interview with Mr. Iwata, Mr. Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda (the development and research team) in which they talk about Wii and DS sales targets, the Wii release date (they only mention it’s between October and December), and some old DS news. According to the team they’re still unsure whether or not they’re going to sell the console at a loss, and they keep hammering about the big announcements that will be made in September.
Since it’s written by Nintendo and not a real publication it’s kind of a boring interview to read, especially since it has the typical grammar errors. Anyway here are some quotes from the text:
“I believe we will need to announce the precise price and launch date of Wii in or before September this year. Because we are saying that we will launch Wii in the fourth quarter of 2006, or during the October-December time period, we will need to make these announcements before then.“
“As for the home console business, we announced that we expect to ship 6 million Wii hardware and 17 million Wii software during this fiscal year.“
“…but we will be in a position to produce more than 2 million DS Lite hardware per month during the summer.“
“When I am surfing on the net, I often see such terms as “Web2.0” lately and feel that the world of the internet has entered into a new phase since last year. Looking at how video game companies are using Internet technologies, we have been wondering if it is the right approach to consistently use them just to compete against each gamer for 5 or 10 years. This is how we came to propose WiiConnect24, which will use the Internet for people to enjoy sharing information. I am yet to know what kind of revolutionary entertainment can be created with WiiConnect24, but we will not stop challenging these unprecedented things.“
Nintendo of Japan has just published a rather huge interview with Mr. Iwata, Mr. Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda (the development and research team) in which they talk about Wii and DS sales targets, the Wii release date (they only mention it’s between October and December), and some old DS news. According to the team they’re still unsure whether or not they’re going to sell the console at a loss, and they keep hammering about the big announcements that will be made in September.
Since it’s written by Nintendo and not a real publication it’s kind of a boring interview to read, especially since it has the typical grammar errors. Anyway here are some quotes from the text:
“I believe we will need to announce the precise price and launch date of Wii in or before September this year. Because we are saying that we will launch Wii in the fourth quarter of 2006, or during the October-December time period, we will need to make these announcements before then.“
“As for the home console business, we announced that we expect to ship 6 million Wii hardware and 17 million Wii software during this fiscal year.“
“…but we will be in a position to produce more than 2 million DS Lite hardware per month during the summer.“
“When I am surfing on the net, I often see such terms as “Web2.0” lately and feel that the world of the internet has entered into a new phase since last year. Looking at how video game companies are using Internet technologies, we have been wondering if it is the right approach to consistently use them just to compete against each gamer for 5 or 10 years. This is how we came to propose WiiConnect24, which will use the Internet for people to enjoy sharing information. I am yet to know what kind of revolutionary entertainment can be created with WiiConnect24, but we will not stop challenging these unprecedented things.“