Andre Yoskowitz
4 Jun 2011 14:14
Media Create has said that Nintendo Wii sales in Japan have fallen dramatically for the week ended May 29th, ahead of Nintendo's launch of the "Project Cafe" Wii successor at E3 next week.
The console only sold 7438 units for the week, good for 4th in hardware sales.
Last month, the company announced it would show off the oft-rumored Wii 2/Project Cafe at E3 alongside playable demos.
Although unconfirmed, the controller will likely be able to stream content from the console, and the console will move to Blu-ray and 1080p support.
Sales (and profits) have been falling for Nintendo over the past year as the console reaches almost peak saturation worldwide. 86 million units have been sold since launch.
The rumored specs of the upcoming console after the break.
Graphics:
Custom AMD RV770 Chip “WOLF” @ 766Mhz on 32nm process
1398 Gflops
CPU:
Custom IBM Power 6 Chip “FOX” on 32nm process
4 cores, each two way SMT-capable and clocked at 3.5 GHz
175.9 GFLOPS theoretical peak performance (single-precision)
87.6 GFLOPS theoretical peak performance (double-precision)
Memory:
512 MB XDR2 DRAM main memory
+ 1024 GDDR5 video memory
+ 16 MB eDRAM
Storage:
2.5-inch SATA hard drive with 250 GB / 320 GB capacity
Expanded storage via SD and SDHC card memory (up to 64 GB)
Media:
Custom Blu-ray Disc, up to 50 GB
Compatible with 7 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc
Display:
Video output formats
Composite video: 480i, 576i (PAL)
S-Video: 480i, 576i (PAL)
RGB SCART: 480i, 576i (PAL)
Component (YPBPR): 480i, 576i (PAL), 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
D-Terminal: 480i (D1), 480p (D2), 720p (D4), 1080i (D3), 1080p (D5)
HDMI: 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p