| DevilRising said: Just because he says they'll "need at least two years", does not mean they WILL bring out a new system in two years. Personally, having invested time and $$$$$ into Wii U, I want to see that fucker last as long as it can. IE well into/past 2016. I won't be bothered at all if we don't see their next system until 2017. I want to get as many great games on Wii U as I can first. I am NOT one of those that is eager (and apparently made of money) for another new system so soon. |
If you get all the main Nintendo IP that you're supposed to get and then some (X, Bayonetta 2, Fatal Frame, Pokken Fighters, Pikmin 3, Nintendo Land, etc. etc. etc.) ... how much can you really expect Nintendo to sink into a system that has 15-18 million users?
People should also care about the future of the company, I don't want the company to suffer just so I can squeeze one meaningless extra year out of a machine that in the long run means little to Nintendo's overall history.
Truth be told, the final year's of both the Gamecube and Wii life cycles were a total joke anyway, they just sat there waiting for the next machine to drop, what's the obsession with stretching out each platform's lifecycle to the point where it's completely irrelevant and everyone's sick to death of it? Do users get a cookie or something for that? Wii for example was on the market without a successor for waaaaaaay too long and lost a lot of its brand momentum as a result, to the point where I think the "Wii" branding is actually hurting the Wii U more than helping.
I'd rather Nintendo just ended Wii U on a high note with hopefully a really great Zelda U and transition into the next cycle much more quickly. For their own sake they need to. 4 holiday seasons of good software support is not anything to be ashamed of either, Nintendo gave it the good college try with the Wii U, if people aren't responding to it, you have to cut bait and swim away at some point.
