Cold-Flipper said:
The DS was Nintendo's current HH from December 2004 to February 2011 in Japan which is 6 years and 2 months. I'd expect the 3DS to be their current HH for about the same length of time, especially considering 3DS has more advanced tech for its time and is still at a higher price than when DS launched. That means we'll likely see a 3DS successor in Late 2016 or Early 2017. I think Nintendo will continue to give it good support in 2014 & 2015. (In Japan) |
I don't see it happening. While it's doing very well, all the tablet and mobile phone BS will eat into it further and further. Ninty supporting it in 2014/15 is a given, and a price cut could give it a nice boost - but still not enough to close so many sales until for example 2017... Advanced for its time is a debatable topic, especially when you look at what kind of graphics are produced by tablets and such. It was planned to be just powerful enough, though I'd agree that we'll start hearing of a successor in late 2016..
