Iwata said approximately 2 years. I'm going with that.
It makes sense anyway, you guys have no sense of financials. Nintendo cannot possibly return to profit relying on a dead Wii U that will have already most of Nintendo's big franchises on it, and a 3DS that is declining every year and losing kids to iOS/Android devices like there's no tomorrow.
They MUST make a big profit in FY17 otherwise their goose, or at least Iwata's goose is cooked.
There's no way 3DS and Wii U can provide that for them. DS had a lifespan of just a shade over 6 years, the idea that the 3DS deserves the same lifespan when its selling no where close to that and dragging Nintendo's handheld sales to the lowest point since before the Game Boy Color launched is absurd.
3DS will be lucky to get 5 years, Wii U does not deserve even that. I'm sorry but that's the cold hard truth, Iwata's time frame that he has quoted in the financial Q&A is dead on. Right around spring 2016 is where they will absolutely need a new profit driving platform in addition to the QoL thing (who knows if that will even take off).
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