I bet he is talking about the massive life line that something like the Wii console will have. Think about it, every console like the Xbox, or the Gamecube, or the PS3 are made to extend their lifespan beyond the normal 4 year life, but they never do. Why? because they based their product off of being significantly better than the competitions. What consoles have had the longest then? NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and now its gonna be Nintendo Wii. They have figured out the pattern and now the Wii is gonna last longer than all of them. I am betting they will continue selling the Wii for the next 10 years, THE EXACT SAME MODEL. Only in 4 years when the competition comes out with something to compete with it at a 250 dollar price, the Wii will cost only 40 dollars!!!
^Gets it. Nail on the head, and all that.
The consoles with the shortest runs
Are the overpowered ones
In order to be future-proof
It must be present-proof, in truth
^I hate myself.
But seriously, Nintendo will not release a new home console until they have several Brain Age/Nintendogs/Wii Sports/Wii Fit type ideas that can't be implemented on Wii, and will require a new console. This won't be for a long time. Wii will have at least a decade-long lifespan similar to NES, Game Boy, PS1 and PS2.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
