Mr Khan said:
a 3-year system? What does that mean? |
The hardware within the Wii was relevent for about 3 years before the games started to look comparatively embarrassing to the competition's. The same thing is likely to happen in the way of the Wii U. It will be behind the curve beyond its first 3 years, and sales will likely drop off as they did with its predecessor. The Wii U will be seen a few years from now as a previous gen machine with a next gen peripheral, just like the Wii has been for the past few years.
I bet Wii U will have strong sales for a few years, then lose favor with the general consumer like the Wii. Who knows, it may even outsell the competition and end up in first place for the second generation in a row. But the system must see a huge consumer demand, similar to that of the Wii, if Nintendo expects that to ever happen again. Right now there's a lot of consumer confusion, so hopefully next month they can iron that all out.
