padib said:
Kane1389 said:
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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)?
It lasted till 2012, and it was almost completly driven by Nintendo's software at that point, which abruptly stopped in 2011 for God knows what reason. What makes you think WiiU will have a longer support when every single thing points otherwise? It has even less 3rd party support and Nintendo is struggling with HD development of their games.
If the Wii, with its steep launch curve lasted 6-8 years, the U can definitely last longer, with or without 3rd party support.
Where is the logic or evidence behind that? Wii U is selling in its 2nd year like Wii was selling in 2012, its 6th year. Wii U will be lucky not to be discontiniued by 2017
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)
And we all saw how well Nintendo supported the Wii, thejr most succesfull system, in its later years (hint: they didn't at all)
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My point was that 3rd parties were not inexistent on Wii, and even if they were it lasted 8 years and is still selling software. The U has little 3rd party support, would then be similar, I'm not sure why it would not last longer given the same argument.
As for the rest, you're assuming (incorrectly) that the Wii was discontinued for reasons that are generally applicable. That's not correct.
The reason the Wii was discontinued early was because Nintendo believed that they needed to quickly follow-up to the Wii with graphical upgrades, this was mentioned in a previous investors' report.
I don't see why that reason would in any way be applicable to the U. It's not a good assumption.
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I give up. If you think Wii U has any chance of staying 10 years on the market while at the same time being by far the least profitable and one of the worst selling consoles EVER, more power to you. This is some John Lucas level of denial honestly
