| uran10 said: Soundwave do you really think nintendo will ditch the wii U so early? They've already said they will stick with the hardware for a long time to come. 2016 is far too early for them to launch. Everytime I see someone saying a launch before 2018 for nintendo's 9th gen console I just think how stupid it is. Nintendo needs to continue to support the wii U. Nintendo is not going to screw over their fans by dropping support for the Wii U early. Its gonna be 5+ years. I'm saying about a 6-8 years for wii U. The console just started selling for a profit so why ditch it for something else that will sell at a loss first so quickly? Nintendo will stick with the Wii U for a while. |
Well I don't think there will be a traditional 9th generation "brick sized" console from Nintendo period.
I think Fusion will launch in 2016 first as a handheld/portable/quasi-tablet type thing. The 3DS will need to be replaced by 2016 and that's Nintendo's no.1 priority.
Then later on they will introduce a home version of Fusion that lets you play the same games on your TV with a controller if you want. This will basically have the same tech/chipset as the portable Fusion, just perhaps scaled up a tad for 1080p viewing.
But Fusion will effectively replace both the 3DS and Wii U IMO. It won't be like one replacement for the DS and another completely seperate one for the Wii spread out by years.
I think they need to move quickly on this too because they are suffering heavy losses at the hands of the tablet/smartphone business and the 3DS cannot hold that front, it's losing momentum and the "New" 3DS won't help that much outside of Japan (you need more than a Monster Hunter analog nub + faceplates to excite Western consumers).
They will give the Wii U a good send off though I think. 2015 will be a good year and I think they will make sure Zelda U, whether that releases in 2015 or 2016 is a really good Zelda game that will make people happy. The GBA and XBox both had life cycles of 3-4 years and their successors are both their companies' best selling hardware, so a slightly shorter lifecycle doesn't neccessary upset as many people.
Sega CD, 32X, Saturn angered people because they were never supported well in the first place (32X, Sega CD in particular). I never hear people complain that they're dissapointed with their XBox (original) or GBA purchases.
