Where Does Nintendo Go If Wii U Never Takes Off?

[JEMC]

Screamapillar said:

JEMC said:

Well, if WiiU doesn't perform as Nintendo wants, I think that Nintendo would wait the usual 5 years or so to launch a new console, otherwise it could be seen as a betrayal to their WiiU users like SEGA did with the early move from the Saturn to the Dreamcast.

Wasn't there a four year gap between Saturn and Dreamcast?  '95-'99 in America, I believe.  That's not too unusual.

Yes, there were 4 years between them, but the impression that the people got was that they did it too soon, and that they didn't even maximized what the Saturn could have done.