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Metallicube on 12 June 2010
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Solid_Snake4RD said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Xxain said:

SONY is definitely gonna lose that battle..lol..NINTENDO is literally one step ahead as always.


Not really as they haven't announced Wii HD and if they don't this year and most probably will not it could be FATAL as for next gen they just can't bring an HD upgrade

 

and by that time NATAL,MOVE would have eaten Wii's share

Iwata: *laughs*

Why would choosing nto to release an unnecessary 'upgrade' to the most popular console be fatal for a next gen of clean slate consoles?

AS the current popularity can help them with the release of their next console

 

if they release in 2012 the next Nintendo console,by then Wii's are maket share is just 40%,,that will be bad

 

also PS4 will be releasing cheap this time and MS as always would like to spend their money


And yet Nintendo was coming off a sub 20% marketshare with the Gamecube, and came out with the Wii thereafter, which exploded in popularity and achieved close to 50% marketshare in 3 and a half years time.

Wii will not fall to 40%, that sort of drop is astronimical in 2 years, when so many consoles have already been sold. But even if it DOES, it doesn't have a bearing on the next gen of consoles. I think PS2 to PS3 and Gamecube to Wii prove that point pretty clearly.

Releasing the next Nintendo console this year or next would be far more foolish than releasing it in 2012-2014, especially considering the 3DS is already coming out next year. Reggie even said, "the potential of Wii is nowhere near being recognised." I think Nintendo really believes that. You don't rush out the next console when motion plus is just getting going and Vitality Sensor has yet to be released.