As you know, Nintendo's latest console turns 2 years old today, my question is how much do you expect it to last, now for the sake of making this more entertaining I chose 2 definitions of what "last" means so:

• The ammount of time between launch and the last Nintendo title published for it.
• The ammount of time between time and when it was discontinued.

Console	Release Date	Last Nintendo Published Game	Discontinued
	1983 in Japan 1985 in North America 1986 in Europe	Wario's Woods(1994) 11 years of support for Japan 9 years of support for NA 8 years of support for EU	1995 in NA (10 years) 2003 in Japan (20 years)
	1990 in Japan 1991 in North America 1992 in Europe	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996) 6 years for Japan 5 years for NA 4 years for EU	1999 in NA (8 years) 2003 in Japan (13 years)
	1996 in Japan and North America 1997 in Europe	Dr. Mario 64 (2001) 5 years for Japan and NA 4 years for EU	2002 in Japan (6 years) 2003 in NA & EU (7 and 6 years respctively)
	2001 in Japan and North America 2002 in Europe	The Legend of Zelda: Twilght Princess (2006) 5 years in Japan and NA 4 years in EU	2007 World Wide 6 years for Japan and NA 5 years for EU
	2006 World Wide	Kirby's Dream Collection (2012) 6 years World Wide	2013 in EU & Japan (7 years)

*got all this data from wikipedia, very likely is wrong.

So yeah, that's that.

2 more. 3 at best and that being optimistic and not into reality realm.

4-5 years like the GC

3-4 years.. I think Nintendo will do it a litle faster this time

(not becourse of how WiiU is selling.. but becourse it's the "masterplan")

2015 peak year
Launch games until 2018, year of the sucessor
descontinued in 2019.

I think at around the next E3 the rumors of their next console will be swirling, but by the following E3 (2016) it will be announced with a release date. So 4 year for the wimpy Wii U

2 more years for sure
3 maybe
4 highly unlikely

So 4 or 5 years of life. That's kind of sad :/

Ah the Wii U. This generations Sega Saturn. Underestimated, undersold and underloved despite awesome first party content

I believe that the Wii U will have another 3 solid years of support after this., with the next Nintendo console launch in it's 5th year (2017)

5 is the minimum,6 is the maximum!We have been informed from interviews that it will be supported till the end(so a 4 year LT are not enough for what they are promising,also zelda releases in the end of 2015,they will show a new console in 2016?FACEPALM) and won t be abandonded.However,some refuse to understand it!
wii u hasn t got a price cut yet.
Gamegube got two consecutive price cuts in its first two years,a fact that signaled its shorter life.