| Soundwave said:
One year ago "OMG Nintendo is teh stooopid, why they make so many 3DS games, 3DS is doing fine, Wii U needs help now!" In reality these decisions have to be made way in advance, you can't just one day say "OK now make games for this platform!" like you're making a hamburger that will be ready in 10 minutes. Game development takes 2-3 years. All the more reason they are going to route of a unified, single software ecosystem next time around. So much easier to manage. Also the 3DS has had a 3D Mario, a 2D Mario, a Zelda: OoT remake, an Zelda: LttP brand new sequel, a new Pokemon, Monster Hunter 3G and 4, a new Kid Icarus, a new Pilotwings, a new Nintendogs, a new Animal Crossing, a new Fire Emblem, a new Luigi's Mansion, a new Mario & Luigi, a new Paper Mario, two new Resident Evil games, a new Kingdom Hearts, a new Ridge Racer, the first Western release of Tomodachi Collection, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. and TWO hardware revisions. Lets not act like Nintendo hasn't done a lot for this platform. At 3 1/2 years old it's perfectly normal for a platform to start seeing a slow down in 1st/2nd party offerings. 3 1/2 years into the SNES life cycle puts you into 1995. 3 1/2 years into the N64 puts you into early 2000. 3 1/2 year is the total main lifespan for the GBA period. We are closer to end than we are the beginning and that's just normal. A new Nintendo handheld will be out in 2016. Book it. |
The thing is, I was never calling for Nintendo to drop support for the 3DS and start developing full time for the Wii U - that was always a stupid idea. The Wii U is going no where, and people with some sense realise. The 3DS has always had a future and it actually had a chance to do quite well - in fact, it was, before Nintendo moved onto the Wii U.
