When will Wii be released?
“If you’re asking for a specific date for our next system — we don’t have one. Nintendo is going to remain competitive and will launch around the same time as competitors — not later than,” said Nintendo of America’s vice president of corporate affairs in a May 2004 interview. This used to be the company line. But at E3 2005, Nintendo sang a different tune. No longer concerned about beating Sony to market, Nintendo executives said simply that Wii would “launch in 2006.” During a conference call discussing its financial status, Wii memory maker MoSys said that the console would launch in mid-2006. Microsoft will debut Xbox 360 this November in America. Sony said at E3 2005 that it would like to launch PlayStation 3 by March 2006. Given these plans, Wii will likely be the last system to hit the market.
