EA Start Rumours of a Wii 2, calls Wii 'Legacy Platform'

Funny thing related to this article, I was thinking that, if Nintendo ever decided that they needed to advance to another console generation, they'd decide that motion controls had become Red Ocean (to use a term coined by Nintendo themselves). So what would the next Blue Ocean be in game controls? My suggestion: increased functionality with increased simplicity. I imagine a controller with 2 circular face buttons each split into 4 quarters, two analog sticks, and two flipper buttons (the traditional LB and RB buttons). The face buttons alone would provide for the most functionality ever achieved by a game controller. You could press the whole button and do one thing, press half the button and do something else, and press a quarter of the same button and do something completely different from the previous two options. In all, just one of the two face buttons could perform up to nine functions without assistance from any other button or even the analog sticks. With both in play you could perform approximately 180 functions, even without the analog sticks. Combine that with the sticks and flippers, and you can do the math. Seriously.

@carlox123, if the wii has been dead for more than a year then why can nintendo and certain third parties still release software that sells millions like goldeneye, epic mickey, and DKCR.

@usrevenge *head explodes*

@usrevenge, I guess I am not a true gamer then according to you. Captain Obvious called about your statement that the Wii would be dead if Nintendo put their games on other consoles.

The wii is an already dead console since more than a year ago, there are no third party games since a long time ago, only mini-games-casual, the wii is obsolete

Wii was a gimmick to begin with, its not a gamer console. its meant for families or kids. don't get me wrong, there are some great games, i loved super mario galaxy, but a few games =/= a good console and the wii hasn't had many good games other then the classic nintendo. honestly if nintendo put its games on xbox Wii would die. the motion control gimick is getting old. and hopefully is dead by next gen

EA simply means that they are focusing less on the Wii since they view it as a last-gen system, and are currently more focused on PS3/360 and the upcoming 3DS and NGP. It would be dumb for Nintendo to announce a "Wii HD"... we already have a Wii HD... it's called Move, and people don't really care to spend a total of over $400 on it!

I think one of the main reasons why EA a wants a wii2 so badly is to make it easy for them to port all of their games to every console. EA just doesn't want to invest the time and energy developing for a specific platform and instead choose the path that provides the greatest bang for there buck.

@siphillis I'm aware why it's called last gen, but that doesn't make it correct. Generations are defined by passage of time, not tech. Tech only denotes the time a new generation begins, whether it's SUPER strong tech or just a small increment.

Damn right Wii is legacy platform not only has it changed gaming but it's also increased the popularity and size of the gaming industry as a whole. It's funny that EA are complementing the Wii though, they barely support it at all. XD

@ BoneArk: well, that covers the options! @ OP: So why don't they just start developing for the Wii? It'd be a gold mine for them. Crappy 3rd party games don't sell, but good ones do. Many Wii owners are starving for good 3rd party entries. Still, I'd love an HDWii!

This probably deserves a longer post to explain it, but in short: this guy speaks a load of bull.

@ shadowos the wii is called last gen because its basically a gamecube with motion control in a slimmer design

I'm not going to be surprised if Nintendo announces a Wii HD at E3 and I'm not going to be surprise if they don't either.

@TheWon, The Wii saved noithing. The industry was fine.

@Beuli2 I'm with you!

I can't wait to fully experence the joy of my Wii HD!

I hope it won't happen until late 2012 or early 2013 as the Wii is still selling quite well (hardware wise). The problem that Nintendo currently has is piracy, their games are usually pirated to a ratio of 3:1 and that is not a good for business. Honestly, the Wii just needs a very good upscaler as stated by HVS to look somewhat current this gen. The Wii just looks dated on any HD screen above 37" because of it's native 480p format. I'm not saying the scaler will make it look as good as my 360 but it will clean up a lot of the vaseline look it has on my 46" Sharp LED.

EA has always (incorrectly by definition) referred to the Wii as "last generation". They have been doing this since the Wii was first released. To them... Wii and below = SD, legacy, or last gen 360 and above = HD, next gen, but finally starting to refer to them as current generation Ever notice how the Wii gets the PS2 ported/quality sports games instead of the HD twin sports/quality games? It's a classification thing, not a "OMG WII2" thing

Of course EA would say just that, they are the #1 third party publisher who wants to see the Wii dead. And of course they frame it in a way that suggests they will actually support a Wii2, but I doubt that's going to happen.

@Lord But it's not editorialization. It can be easily backed up with figures, showing both the lack of new 3rd party development on Wii and obviously the lack of sales.

They tried to use the word Legacy as a put down. As in old or last generation. Actually it's stands for industry saving, and most money making consoles of their generation.

Wii just needs. Price. Cut and it will sell great again

I wouldn't be surprised at all, really.

ssj 12, I meant where it was placed, not that it was written at all. A lot of Destructoid articles at least post the opinion pieces at the end, to set them off from the facts.

Lord - There is no law stating one can't insert their own opinions about news in a news article. It happens all the time. Look at the NYT, Forbes, etc.

That's not a good second paragraph. You're trying to sneak in editorializing there, that's not really related to the guy's comments.