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greenmedic88 on 30 April 2011
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Carl2291 said:
LordTheNightKnight said:

Again, you are ignoring my point about the successor not coming out for a year. My point is for this year and at least the year after launch.

And just claiming lowering system sales alone will mean dropping it is not enough, as software sales are still giving them money and customer.

1. I'm ignoring those "points" because they're quite silly and obvious.

The Cafe is releasing next Year. Yeah we all know this. We all also know that it's one more Year of Nintendo supporting the Wii for the last 3 Months of the Year again. This doesn't mean that the Wii isn't dying. See it as... Life support

2. I never claimed that lowering sales alone will mean Nintendo drops it straight away. I actually gave it like 2 Years after Cafe released to milk it for the $$.

I think I summed the Wii's next couple of Years up nicely with this - "Sales are in free fall. Support is dwindling. Successor is on the way. It's dying."

Rats leaving a sinking ship is the analogy if you're angry at the turn of events for the Wii.

Leaving for greener pastures (from Wii to Cafe) is the analogy if you're a developer.

Getting off the Wii hype train is the other for a lot of consumers who bought in because it was a fun trend and have either stopped using their Wii, sold it, or just as importantly, have stopped buying games for it.

After Nintendo's big E3 Project Cafe presentation, the Wii will be accepted by all for what it's become; a legacy system. In other words a dying platform with no future beyond entry level cost.