Nintendo Vows to Continue Supporting the Wii U

The Wii U would remain a "core" platform for Nintendo.

New Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has vowed that the company will continue to support the Wii U. Kimishima acknowledged the Wii U's struggles, but said it is imperative that people who bought a Wii U feel supported and satisfied.

"As you know within the game business momentum is key," he said when asked how much longer the Wii U would remain a "core" platform for Nintendo. "When you have momentum, whether it's a platform or software, sales increase. At this point in the Wii U lifespan, we're looking at 10 million sell-through for the hardware itself, which is just about a tenth of what we sold overall for Wii."

Kimishima went on to say Nintendo has no plans to abandon the Wii U anytime soon.

"What I want to do, I think our first job right now is to make sure that the customers, those 10 million customers who have a Wii U at home have software to play," he said. "And we need to make sure that they are satisfied with their purchase and continue to enjoy playing on this platform. So we can' just abandon them and say, 'Hey, it's time to move on to the next thing.'

"Of course we are working on NX and looking at the experiences we can bring to that platform," he added. "But first our job at this point is to support the consumers who have purchased Wii U and make sure that they have software experiences available to them."