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Nem on 15 January 2014
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Soundwave said:

Financially though it makes sense too.

Nintendo badly needs something to sell an additional 10-15 million hardware units + software for them, and if the Wii U can't cut it, then something has give, this is a business, not a sentimental art class.

I think if a new Nintendo portable/tablet wasn't already fast tracked at Nintendo given the rising problem of iOS, it almost assuredly is now once Nintendo got a whiff of those underwhelming Wii U holiday sales in the West and the likely possibility that 3DS sales may have peaked already (look at Japan it's been down YoY for quite a while now). 

If they have already chosen their SoC design, they can begin software development fairly quickly.


It does not make much sense financially either. First, i dont know if they already recouped the R&D cost for the Wii U and they would have another big R&D cost in the short term.

Not only that but i garantee you that a new Nintendo home system that comes out in the next 2 years will fail massively. Why? As i told you, consumer trust. The same problem SEGA had. The consumer will not be willing to get your system cause you might just launch yet another one after 2 more years. This would affect not only the home console market but all future Nintendo systems. There is just no way to let this happen.

The good business for them now, is to either keep doing what they are doing, wich is to keep making great software for it and bite it for another 3-4 years, or to exit the home console market completely and focus on their portable.