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Zucas on 10 August 2008
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sc94597 said:
Zucas said:
The key weakness to the Wii is it isn't future proof. However given Nintendo's strategy I don't think they ever intended the Wii to be a 7-10 yr console. More than likely 4-5 yrs on top and the next 3 phasing it out as they release N6.

What I always like to call Wii is its an intermediate console for Nintendo. It's mean to disrupt the market to setup up a future console. Why do this? Well if you can all of a sudden change the market to where brand appeal is highest for you then you can release a more pricey console next gen to make more money through software and hardware. Not to mention gives you the luxury of starting earlier. But mainly about getting the Nintendo brand significant market share and brand appeal to setup N6.

This is what I believe to be Ninty's strategy so longetivity I guess is Wii's main weakness... which is tied in with this.... but it's only a weakness if we are looking at it purely from a straightforward stance.

You didn't mention how the Wii isn't going to last long. I disagree though, and think the Wii will last alot longer than any of Nintendo's recent consoles, and the other consoles this generation. Even if Nintendo's plan was to have a quicky console as you say, its the market who decides how long consoles live, and every Winning console lives long past the end of the generation. The NES also had weak graphics for its time, but lived in the 4th generation, and I even think the 5th generation. THe NES was in the same situation as the Wii. It was disrupting the market with a new simpler controller. The only difference is that the market already died when the NES did it, instead of before the marking dieing in the Wii's case.

 

 

But of course.  However I'm not saying how long Wii will be in the market but how long Nintendo expects it to be in the market before N6 releases.  Market of course decides how long a console lasts which is why I said Wii 4-5 yrs before N6 with 3 yrs of phasing out. 

 

Wii is a different console than the NES because NES was much more of a risk and something they needed to suceed.  While the Wii was something Nintendo simply needed to disrupt the competition and then take them out next generation.  Fortunately for Nintendo it did both with the Wii so now it makes the 8th generation all the easier.