Nintendo still believes that the platform has room to grow.Rumors of a successor to the Nintendo Wii have been flying around for some time now, not the least because last year saw a slight downturn in sales following previous record-breaking years. According to Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway though, the platform's install base still has plenty of room to grow.
Speaking with GameSpot during yesterday's Nintendo Media Summit, Dunaway suggested that gamers shouldn't be holding their breath for the next generation of the Wii, "I don't think it'll be anytime soon. Even though our install base is, at this point, five million households larger than the PS2 install base was at the same point in its life cycle, it still has a lot of room to grow."
She continued, "If you think PS2, there's been about 50 million sold -- Wii close to 28 million sold -- so it says to me there's still a big audience out there that we can access with Wii."
In other words, she said, "We'll have it ready when we think the time is right."
Nintendo recently announced North American releases for , Metroid: Other M, the Nintendo DS XL, and other products. There's also been some speculation that the successor to the Nintendo DS will be announced at E3.
For now though, just sit back and enjoy the ride. This generation really isn't ending anytime soon.
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