Iwata: Wii Hasn't Reached Limit Yet (plus 3DS talk)

[trestres]

gum said:

"Ask Nintendo why they decided to release a new handheld when their installed base was of 150 million. It's called console life cycles and their are inevitable. Once SW sales start to decrease and attach ratios of installed base/yearly software decreases, then it's time to move on. Why are third parties supporting the 3DS?"

Again Nintendo is not in the same position when it comes to handheld: third parties have been really successful on the DS not on the Wii. That's the whole difference so if they don't improve the situation on the Wii there is really no reason to believe that the third partiy support will be decent for their next console too. It's not like they have the choice really imo.

What better that start from zero then if the current console isn't satisfying their needs? There's nothing else they can do. Either a new platform accompained by an overhaul on certain aspects and better relations with 3rd parties.

Or keep on selling only 1st party SW on the Wii. I cannot see third parties getting excited about The Last Story selling 150k units in Japoan when there's RPG's that destroy that number. Plus Nintendo is giving the bad example of not localizing their games, which is seen as the West doesn't care for such games etc.

What would your solution be? I'm eagerly listening.