1) Its still selling at an amazing rate ,

2) No signs of a price drop , hell the price is going up,

3) Its destroying competitors,

4) Nintendo has spent such a long time in a drought that its not even going to attempt a release until its truly threatend,

5) Its making so much money on the sidelines while Sony and Microsoft fight it out,

6) Its trying to identify its real enemy ! Sony or Microsoft,

7) Doesnt want to risk losing its user base.

Now, flashback to 1999, cross out Nintendo and replace it with Sony, then cross out Sony and replace it with SEGA, and Microsoft with Nintendo

Success doesn't mean it won't get replaced, despite the Wii's unique condition. I really don't think Nintendo is going to hold on to the Wii for as long as everyone keeps saying. A 5-year span, just like normal.

Nintendo will hold out on a Wii 2 until such time as competition or declining sales prompts them too be that in 2 years or 10.

Actually, I think for the first time there might be something like Wii 1,5, which keeps everything the Wii has just technically better and some new gimmicks. However, we should see a price drop within the next year and some new colors first.

i added pics for fun.

normal life spans are about 9 years long. if anythign nintendo will release a new system that has backwards capability with the Wii but has far more sensitive motion controllers.

After all, GM doesn't make cars anymore, right?

Old people using Wii, whats wrong with that eh? Means i don't have visit my grandparents anymore. In fact theyre dead so thats probably a good thing.

And it will be called Wii Motion+ ?

Well, I'd personally hope that the first next gen console won't be released until 2012 at the earliest, just like how Windows XP lasted for 7 years (2001-07), rather than the rapid releases of the previous Windows.