Nintendo as a company has been subject to a lot of flak for its ongoing console Wii U and has sold less than 10 million units since it was launched in 2012, a small number when compared to the new consoles from Sony and Microsoft which have sold similar numbers since they launched last year.
There were rumors that since Nintendo was lagging behind in the console wars, it would now concentrate on the software part and make its successful games like Zelda and Mario Bros. for other consoles and do away with hardware sales.
This rumour has been put to rest by Shigeru Miyamoto the man, who created Nintendo classics such as “Mario Bros.” and “The Legend of Zelda,” who said that the Japanese gaming giant is at work on a new gaming console.
“We’re focused on providing a robust line-up of Wii U software for next year. It seems like we’ve managed to do that this year and people are very happy with what we’ve done on Wii U. For the time being, our focus is on the Wii U hardware, but Nintendo as a whole has groups working on ideas for new hardware systems. While we’re busy working on software for the Wii U, we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be,” said Shigeru mentioning about the new Zelda game which is set for release next year.
Shigeru added, “It seems like we’ve managed to do that this year and people are very happy with what we’ve done on Wii U. For the time being, our focus is on the Wii U hardware, but Nintendo as a whole has groups working on ideas for new hardware systems. While we’re busy working on software for the Wii U, we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be.”
The Wii U now in its middle age will continue for two more years and an announcement for the new console may come in late 2016 or 2017.
The new games like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. have come as the rescuers for the Japanese console-makers and more titles are promised for the next year with a new Mario game may be in the pipeline with the future consoles.
Nintendo has also recently partnered with screen production company Sharp which will provide video game displays that will be produced in different shapes and can be used in future handheld devices.
