Am I wrong, or to release a new console in 2014, wouldn't Nintendo have to have one well along the way in development already? 2013 starts in 2 weeks. The company is still absorbing the losses incurred from the R&D/manufacture of their already next-gen 3DS and WiiU. So, there is no way they could have had resources devoted to launching another brand new console one year from now. There is no logic behind making a case for this. I think there would be a certain amount of public mistrust for Nintendo to get behind the Wii U and then say after one year, "This was just a teaser to wet your appetite. Thanks for spending the $349 (+games) on us, but here is our REAL next-gen console." How would you avoid the feeling of public betrayal involved there? I mean, we aren't talking about a $70 price cut where giving 20 free games softens the blow on early adopters (I actually wish I was an early adopter of 3DS as I'm still waiting to see Fire Emblem available for purchase in the eShop and some of the other ambassador titles). And, you couldn't say, well they can maintain the Wii U side by side with their "2014 - Real - Next Gen Edition" console either. Nothing good comes of that kind of overreach as shown by Sega simultaneously trying to juggle Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, and Saturn all at once in an effort to cater to old and new markets at the same time. It doesn't work as a business model.
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