Mr Khan on 28 April 2011
| greenmedic88 said: Overlapping support is a simple matter of cost/profit per unit. Both the NES and SNES were successful enough to warrant low cost redesigns that stayed on the market well into the next generation. It may not get the best support once Project Cafe is available, but Nintendo will keep it as a low cost legacy system, possibly for as low as $99. And yes, it is dying a natural death based upon a 5 year development cycle. Only die hard Nintendo fans would be in denial over this. |
The latter point bears further emphasis. It's the end of the console's lifespan because it's the end of the console's lifespan, software emphasis has moved on to the newer platform(s), which is to the Wii's detriment, but there it is
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
