Why would Nintendo make their next console before Sony & Microsoft?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Buzzi said:
As long as the Wii sells great and Nintendo software sells millions there's no need for a new console, if Third party want to profit on Nintendo's console they've to accept Wii.

But if this week is significant for another poor summer period (Wii under 200k) then Nintendo has a problem, another price cut can be done but it would cut profits a second time in a year...colours have already been used in Japan and Others, there are games to push hardware (Zelda, Mario, Xenoblade, The Last Story) but not by that much probably. So there's still the possibility of a Wii revision/remake next year, just to sell more Wiis before 2012, which would be an acceptable year to launch a new console.

But all depends on sales, Nintendo won't watch if Sony or MS will gain more marketshare after wand or Natal.

Good points. I'd add that nothing forbids Nintendo to keep on selling Wii also after Wii2 release, as long as it sells well, like Sony did with PSOne and is still doing with PS2. MS killed XB1 very early due to a disastrous deal with NVidia for GPU supplies, but it's not the rule by any means and best sellers surely don't follow it.