Nintendo has just announced it plans to introduce a replacement to its Wii console next year, a "playable model" of which will be shown off at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles coming up on June 7th. No details are attainable as to how the next Wii will improve on the first one, though we imagine electronic game will be happy if it simply matches the success of its current-gen home entertainer -- the brief note publicizing the new roadmap also comes with a total of Wii sales accumulated between its launch in '06 and the end of last month: 86.01 million. That's said to be on a "consolidated shipment basis," so maybe electronic game is mixing its definitions of sales and parcel the way Sony likes to, but it's a mighty big number either way. Bring on E3, we say!



Update: Bloomberg has with the proviso the first official hint about Nintendo's next console with a quote from company board Satoru Iwata. electronic game will "propose a new convergence to home video game consoles," though it won't be a simple move to 3D, as Iwata notes "it's serious to make 3-D images a key feature, because 3-D televisions haven't obtained wide acceptance yet." Given that motion gaming is no longer new and 3D is off the table until 3DTVs go mainstream, we're now left facing only one potentiality -- computerized game is planned parenthood on bringing genuine innovation to our living rooms. We suppose it also adds fuel to the rumor of a crazy next-gen controller to go with this next-gen console.

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