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I agree with Trestres, if nowhere else, Japan will prompt them to move ahead, much like if Japan were out of the picture, they could have stuck around with the DS comfortably for some time everywhere else

 

I too would call for a release 1 year after 3DS. Dragon Quest X, if it arrives in time, will keep Wii alive through its last year in Japan, but not too much longer



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Carl2291 said:

It will be releasing in 2012 sometime, so no. E3 2012, to be released late 2012.

This is when I was thinking the Super Wii was going to be announced and released.



My money is that they will not release a new wii til 2013 which it the earliest



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I dont think so this year, however I fully expect an announcement early 2012 and the launch of Wii 2 sometime late next year.

I have a feeling 2011 will be the Wii's worst year sales wise.



If there was no 3DS, then definately

However, the wii is still selling fine, it's regularly number 1 in sales, and there's plenty of games left to be released, and the 3DS and Wii2 is commercial suicide, and...

Basically, I don't see it happening



 

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Could be. I thought late 2012 for the next console pretty much since Wii released and I still think that is the most likely time.

Though Nintendo could follow their recent pattern of releasing their console two years after their handheld like the DS and Wii, which would mean 2013.

I personally think Wii can last another 2-3 years, as long as Nintendo gets the Vitality Sensor going and starts to actually release an ample supply of motion plus games. They could probably throw in another NSMB game in for good measure to help carry the console. AND they sill have at least two $50 price drops in the cards. There is still much untapped potential IMO on multiple accounts.

Maybe 2012 for Japan, 2013 for the West, since Wii is doing far better in those regions as of late.



Nintendo wil announce one when they think the competition will (Sony). The 3DS is a testement to that. They show it off at E3, and Sony reveals the NPG in January of this year. Nintendo knows it will be death if they release it late. Expect it in 2012 to 2014, which is a resonable window for when competion may enter.

Nintendo will not do it as a result of laging sales. Nintendo's strategy is release game, and they have mentioned it everytime they talk about their Wii sales. This year is the year where they will have the software ready to try and start growth (stallled do to the 2 year development cycle of games).



Smashchu2 said:

Nintendo wil announce one when they think the competition will (Sony). The 3DS is a testement to that. They show it off at E3, and Sony reveals the NPG in January of this year. Nintendo knows it will be death if they release it late. Expect it in 2012 to 2014, which is a resonable window for when competion may enter.

Nintendo will not do it as a result of laging sales. Nintendo's strategy is release game, and they have mentioned it everytime they talk about their Wii sales. This year is the year where they will have the software ready to try and start growth (stallled do to the 2 year development cycle of games).


That 2 year cycle thing is nonsense, Nintendo always has games in the works, is not as if they had just 2 teams ready which work strictly for 2 years in a game. Nintendo is doing as much as it can in regards to slowing sales, but the aging component also comes into play here. Nintendo cannot reverse a trend that simply, so it's alraedy time to stop believing Wii sales will explode once again due to some "magic hardware driving software". No such thing exists. NSMBWii didn't manage that on its own in 2009, price cut and new colors came into play too. I think you are overestimating what Nintendo can or cannot do, and no, there's no such thing as the 2 year cycle.



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trestres said:
Smashchu2 said:

Nintendo wil announce one when they think the competition will (Sony). The 3DS is a testement to that. They show it off at E3, and Sony reveals the NPG in January of this year. Nintendo knows it will be death if they release it late. Expect it in 2012 to 2014, which is a resonable window for when competion may enter.

Nintendo will not do it as a result of laging sales. Nintendo's strategy is release game, and they have mentioned it everytime they talk about their Wii sales. This year is the year where they will have the software ready to try and start growth (stallled do to the 2 year development cycle of games).


That 2 year cycle thing is nonsense, Nintendo always has games in the works, is not as if they had just 2 teams ready which work strictly for 2 years in a game. Nintendo is doing as much as it can in regards to slowing sales, but the aging component also comes into play here. Nintendo cannot reverse a trend that simply, so it's alraedy time to stop believing Wii sales will explode once again due to some "magic hardware driving software". No such thing exists. NSMBWii didn't manage that on its own in 2009, price cut and new colors came into play too. I think you are overestimating what Nintendo can or cannot do, and no, there's no such thing as the 2 year cycle.

Games take about 2 years, though it can very depending on the project and it's probably longer for the HD twins. This means if Nintendo had a goal for any project, it would have to have been two years back. The Wii declined in early 2009. This means any software made as a response to this would have been started, at the earliest, in early 2009. Two years from that point is early 2011.

Look at the major games Nintendo released in the last two years and you'll see what I mean.

  • Wii Sport Resort
  • Wii Fit Plus
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • Punch-Out
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Metroid: Other M
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn
  • Wii Party
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns

The two bolded are probably the only games made to try to combat this problem, as they would take the shortest time. Wii Party may have been made for this goal, but Nintendo likely never had high expectations for it since they announced it before E3. Outside of Donkey Kong Country Returns, none of these titles would boost software sales. Most of these games entered production when Wii sales were still good.



Carl2291 said:

It will be releasing in 2012 sometime, so no. E3 2012, to be released late 2012.

They won't announce it at E3 2012 and then release it in 2012, they would at least mention something this year.



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