Wii

Wii is a video game console produced by Nintendo and released on November 19, 2006 in North America and on December 8 of the same year in Europe. Pertaining to the seventh generation of consoles, is the direct successor of Nintendo GameCube and competed with the Xbox 360 of Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 of Sony. Nintendo said that Wii is aimed at a wider audience unlike the other two consoles, since its debut, the console outperformed its competitors in sales, and, in December 2009, broke the record as the best-selling console. in a single month in the United States. The most distinctive feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld device with which it can be aimed, as well as being able to detect movements in a three-dimensional plane. Another of its peculiarities is the WiiConnect24 service, which allows receiving messages and updates through the Internet in standby mode. Additionally, the console can be synchronized with the Nintendo DS, which allows the Wii to take advantage of the Nintendo DS touch screen as an alternative command. Since its launch, it has received awards for the innovation of its controller and the technology it incorporates in the game system. Noting Wii's success internationally, some third-party developers apologized to Nintendo for launching low-quality games and not having been optimistic with the system at its origins.In the E3 event of 2006, the console won several Awards in different categories On April 25, 2011 Nintendo officially announced, through a press release, the development of Wii's successor, Wii U, which went on sale as of November 2012. On 20 The video game console was discontinued in October 2014. However, the company announced that the discontinuance would only be in Japan, while in North America the video game console would continue to be manufactured a few more months, however it was not until 2016 when the console was finally discontinued.