With the Wii successor, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said, “We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles.”
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It doesn’t sound like Iwata is making a dig at 3D (and in turn, the 3DS), but just point out the facts: most people still don’t own 3D televisions.
Nintendo Forecasts Profit Short of Estimates, Will Offer Next Wii in 2012 [Bloomberg]