| Rogerioandrade said: It´s not going to happen, simple as that. At most, Nintendo next home console won´t be coming before 2016 holidays There´s no reason for them to drop support for WiiU so soon as next year. |
Does the iOS ecosystem drop support for older iPhone/iPad models when a new one comes out?
Think in that paradigm, not the 1980s/1990s centric view of product upgrades. Those days are coming to a close, even by Iwata's own comments he states Nintendo cannot think that way anymore. Times have changed, Nintendo will have to change too.
The way Nintendo transitions from console to console right now is simply put -- not very good. You basically are throwing away everything good you may have done from the previous generation and forcing yourself to start from zero ... it's kind of a stupid way to do business honestly.
Imagine if Coca-Cola had to reboot their brand every 5 years and re-prove themselves to consumers and open themselves up to being toppled by any number of factors due to such a transition. It would be insane, they would never stand for such a business model, in the game business we just do that because that's how it was in 1991, but I think even now its dawning on many game companies that this setup isn't very good at all.
The model of software (apps) and have they integrate with hardware upgrades that Apple and Google use simply put is superior.
