| SvennoJ said: Maybe Nintendo should have a 4/5 year gen cycle. It seems to be a pattern that Nintendo, 3rd party devs and gamers abandon the system before the end of each gen. |
Funny thing about this, Nintendo would've extended the life of the Famicom were it not for impending competition. There are things you just can't do when competition is around, things you can when they aren't. Going lax end of cycle is fine and dandy when nobody is there to threaten your marketspace. But when the competition is there, you need to anticipate and block before they entrench too far. A reduced cycle would have helped.
The negatives of this SJ, users feel ripped off because they have to upgrade. Luckily, we're almost at the end of this short lifecycle nonsense, which is obviously linked to HW advancements, from the inceptions of the VG industry.
Gens are by definition born from the fact that HW constantly needs to be upgraded in order to meet demand. It shouldn't have a reason of existence in the short future.
