| VanceIX said: Tw years might be when they announce it, but releasing it that early would be a terrible idea. 2017 should be the earliest unless they want to be rolled over by Sony and Microsoft again when the PS5/XTwo come out. |
3DS is not going to make it that long, 2016 is where it will have its fifth anniversary and will need to be replaced at this rate (it's no DS, by a long shot). Wii U is kinda irrelevant to Nintendo in a business sense I think, they are just content to ride that out and make sure it gets enough of its core IP, but it doesn't impact their overall business, a system that only sells 15-20 million units isn't good enough. Besides even by late 2015, Nintendo will have already released most if not all of their major IP on the Wii U already (after this year, really only Zelda and Metroid are left).
FY2017 is where Iwata has said they want to start returning to big profits, that almost assuredly means new hardware has to be launched in advance of that. QoL is probably spring 2015, new handheld that signals the beginning of the Fusion era two years from now (spring 2016) sounds dead on.
That will give them enough time to get both product lines out of their launch windows and begin to profit, assuming the public likes what Nintendo is offering.
