Colorful systems are associated with children while white has the broadest appeal.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26860
The Wii and Wii U are both white because Nintendo determined that a simple aesthetic appeals to more ages. In an E3 interview with Game Informer, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto explained, "We found over the years when we included a lot of different colors in our hardware is people would kind of point to that and use it to paint us as more kid-oriented."
He notes that previous Nintendo systems, such as the Famicom and Super Famicom, were far more colorful. The GameCube famously launched in purple and black. Miyamoto noted that while his preference is to "make greater use of color in our hardware," Nintendo has found that minimizing the number of colors maximizes appeal to all age groups.
Nintendo went with white for Wii and Wii U because they "found that rather than going all black - all white seems to have a broader appeal to people."
I always thought they went with white for heat dissipation or something.
So basically he's saying that people would call the Wii U "kiddy" if they released it in a black model? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
*eyes his now "kiddy" PS3, 360, and PSP.*
They certainly didn't have any problems releasing the DS in multiple colors, and it's one of their best-selling products of All Time (if not THE best-selling) that had no problems appealing to all age groups.
Miyamoto Explains Why Wii and Wii U Are White
So basically he's saying that people would call the Wii U "kiddy" if they released it in a black model? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
*eyes his now "kiddy" PS3, 360, and PSP.*
They certainly didn't have any problems releasing the DS in multiple colors, and it's one of their best-selling products of All Time (if not THE best-selling) that had no problems appealing to all age groups.
Gold. At launch. Please. Thank you. Take my money. Bye.
