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Wonktonodi on 06 April 2010
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scottie said:
hollywood85 said:
scottie said:
RockSmith372 said:
scottie said:
RockSmith372 said:

 

And hollywood - this is a multinational corporation that has managed to dominate 3 of the 5 generations of home console it's been in, and all of the portable generations. They have some quite clever people there. The NES had a lifespan of over 20 years, and the SNES about 13-14 if I remember correctly

sweet now keep going, how long did the n64 last? how long did the gamecube last? how long do nintendo consoles last once a new model is launched?? I don't think nintendo will handle the wii like sony do the playstation........... which STILL gets new games.

I think once the 3ds comes out they will drop the ds.

Keep going you say? OK

 

The NES was a market leader, it lasted a long time

The SNES was a market leader, it lasted a long time

The N64 was not a market leader, it did not last a long time

The GC was not a market leader, it did not last a long time

The Wii is a market leader, it ...

 

Now how about you keep going, c'mon, fill in the blank.

 

Nintendo will keep selling the DS, and the Wii while people keep buying them. They would not discontinue it early. The Wii has enough evergreen titles to make it desirable, especially being as Nintendo will cut the price when the new console comes out.

 

Edit - sorry, I didn't answer one of your points - how long Ninty consoles stay on the market after their sequel is released

 

NES - released '83, discontinued '03

SNES - released 90, discontinued '03

N64 - released '96, discontinued '02

GC - released '01, discontinued '07

 

So looking only at the generation leader for Nintendo, the NES was discontinued 13 years after is sucessor was released, and the SNES was discontinued 7 years after. Lets take the average of that as 10 years, and assume the Wii 2 will release in '12, we can then predict that if Nintendo keep to their old behaviour, the Wii will be discontinued in 2022. Scary, huh?

 

Note, I don't actually think it'll still be out in 2022. But to predict it'll be discontinued any time soon is stupid, Nintendo stretch their consoles out for as long as they can

how many nes sales after 90?

snes after 96?

how many gc after wii?

how many gba after ds?

they might keep the software support but that doesn't mean they'll keep making as many of the machines.  They can make the next machine backward compatable make some software to go with it still but focus on the next platfrom and thus might not sell as many an ps2

sony probably should have had a similar strategy with the ps3.  keep them all ps3sbackwards compatable keep making ps2 games but drop the ps2