Nintendo is launching a new platform that will presumably have its own gimmick. The only thing out of the ordinary here is they're doing it four years after the debut of the Wii U, which then becomes a legacy platform.
By comparison, the Wii U debuted six years after the Wii.
The big difference between the two platforms was marketshare, as everyone on VGC should know. The Wii was a huge success that ultimately tapered off faster than the PS3 and XB360, but still enjoyed huge first four year sales.
The Wii U really can't be considered anything but a fumble, sales wise, by comparison. The writing was on the wall back in 2013 when the PS4 debuted and at that point Nintendo could either ignore their market position, or proceed with a clean sheet of paper, which they did. There really wasn't any sort of band-aid fix for a platform met with such a lukewarm response. Again, this is in reference to market reception in terms of sales, not as a platform in terms of games.
Yes, a four year product cycle replacement seems a bit premature, but the post four year sales drop off when starting from such modest product life time sales to date make it something of a necessity. The Wii U would only continue to fall further behind in market share and sales, even if no one knew about the impending NX.
To suggest that the NX needs to be shelved or even delayed is simply out of consumer desire to squeeze more life out of a product, while completely understandable, is not something Nintendo, or any other company for that matter, would jeopardize the future of their company over.
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