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Kaizar on 11 March 2014
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DevilRising said:
superchunk said:
Multiple reasons why this won't happen.

1) 3DS vs Vita is completely different. WiiU is essentially Vita. A system with very limited to no support and its value to price ratio is very bad. Both need to be far less expensive to garner a decent level of consumer appeal and that will not happen as the companies don't want to lose more money.

2) In 2016 Nintendo will have a clear strategy of replacing Wii U. 2015 will hint at it and 2016 will finalize it.


No offense, but weren't you just in another thread you started, aruging that Wii U actually did have a high value to price ratio?

Also, I'm sorry to keep having to say this in various threads....but no, I really do not believe Nintendo's next system will be out in 2016. That would pretty much be suicide for them, or at the very least moronic shortsighted madness. It takes time to even design and develop a console, let alone time to develop all new games for it. If they don't want to run into the same kind of "dry spell" issue they had with Wii U, then they'd be highly advised NOT to bring out a new system just two years from now. They would have to either drop Wii U development and have not enough of even their own games for it while people wait for the new system, or they'd have to keep up Wii U development, thereby not having enough resources dedicated to their next console's software, and thus they would have another drought, another piss-poor post-launch period, etc. Their best course of action would be, I would think, to take their time developing the next system, and to in the meantime get as many quality titles on Wii U as they can, to stick with the system and not "pull a Sega", thereby getting the most that they can out of what is, bottom line, a very good console that landed in an unfortunate situation (a situation, I must point out, that still has every chance of turning around).

In no way does it really make much practical or financial sense for Nintendo to come out with a new home console any sooner than 2017.

Don't forget that the Wii U is 100% guaranteed to have better lifetime sells then the Xbox ONE & PS Vita. And that the Wii U is selling more then Vita almost every week, which means EA will have to either start supporting Wii U or NOT support PS Vita.