Rumor: Nintendo has Begun Development on a Next-Generation Machine

[DélioPT]

Viper1 said:

DélioPT said:
I don`t see a problem with this being true. It actually makes sense.
Personally, i thought a new handheld would arrive late 2015 or early 2016.

I just don`t see this new handheld working with your TV. That would basically mean that they would kill the home console segment, thus losing a lot of money on HW (not everyone would flock to handhelds).
Unfortunately, Iwata already said he has no plans of making both HWs work as one - and so goes my dream!

You do understand that's only a 4-5 year life for 3DS?  Why so soon?

In full years, it would be close to 5 full years (2015) or even the full 5 years (2016).
It`s not really surprising: GBA was came out in 2001 and NDS, in 2004-2005.
Of course, Nintendo had a different strategy, but both were in competition.

Without the big support from casuals, 3DS is bound to endure that many years as past portables. Add to that mobile gaming and 3DS lifespan decreases again.
Releasing in 2015 or 2016 would allow Nintendo to better fight the mobile gaming market with a better machine (3D might add a lot to gaming but it didn`t do for 3DS what a touchscreen did for NDS).