WiiU to have a 10 years lifespan

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padib said:

Kane1389 said:

A very different sales trend, for starters? You surely can appreciate that as a PS fan (the PS3's curve being a fine example, the 360's an even better one).

PS3 has a complete 3rd party support and had a major 1t party support up until the release of PS4. Neither Wii or Wii U had/will have either, as Nintendo abandoned the Wii 3 years ago and and 3rd party is almost non existant on both systems

If 3rd party was non-existent on the Wii (debatable), then how come it lasted 6 years with a 2 year phase-out (it's still selling by the way)?

If the Wii, with its steep launch curve lasted 6-8 years, the U can definitely last longer, with or without 3rd party support.

3rd party support is an argument often provided by non-Nintendo fans due to a lack of insight into what makes Nintendo successful. (hint: it's Nintendo games)

The PS3 & 360 stretched out the generation to recoup costs.  Both the console makers and 3rd party developers wanted to stretch the generation, and they were fortunate to have the momentum and not have a reason to force them to release a console sooner as they were in roughly the same boat.  As consumers we didn't really have much choice but play PS3 & 360 for a while.

Wii U is in a different position though.  Sure they might want to recoup costs but they need to first get in a better sales position before we can talk about stretching it out.  Right now looking at Nintendo's financials I don't see this as a situation they would want to stretch out any longer than they have to do to save face.