Renesas Electronics closes plants responsible for Wii U hardware

The company that produces edram for Wii U is planning on closing plants within the next 2 to 3 years.

This is considered somewhat of a blow to Nintendo, as they rely on Renesas Electronics to manufacture the edram inside of the Wii U. Apparently the majority of the production in some of the factories was the Wii U edram. Due to the slump in sales these past few months, production has quite naturally slowed down in said factories.

Of course, it’s not all gloom and doom for them, as they have already sought out another company to produce the necessary parts inside of the Wii U. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC for short, will be producing the edram for Nintendo. For now it seems as though Nintendo is experiencing another short term slump, as opposed to the much circulated speculation that they’re in some serious trouble. Although it seems as if one thing after another is happening to them, it’s not exactly out of the ordinary, and isn’t the first time such difficulties have occurred for them. 

One thing is for sure though, it is an absolute necessity for them to do well this holiday season and fall. With the likes of Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Wonderful 101, and Pikmin 3 on the way, their luck may just turn around.

Source: MyNintendoNews