| Aeolus451 said: Wouldn't releasing another console this early in this console gen be alienating all of it's wii u player base? Why buy any of their consoles if they make another in a few years.... The wii u needs quality games not a replacement console this early. If it's true that they are planning on releasing it any time before 2019, they are idiots. This new console is more like 8.5 gen and not the 9th gen. Sony or MS don't have to worry about nintendo when it's making decisions like that.
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Holiday 2019 would be a 7 year lifespan, which would be a pretty long time considering the Wii U's level of success.
Nintendo has done shorter lifespans for their products before. The GBA had a shorter lifespan, and it led to the ultra successful DS. Gamecube had about 5 years before the Wii came out.
You're also overestimating customers and their longterm memory and reasoning ability. I mean, people bought XBox Ones at launch despite the issues the XBox 360 had. People buy incremental upgrades for their phones every year. The tech industry as a whole is moving towards more rapid upgrades.
Four years would be a bit below average, but not so low that people would be shocked and offended. It would be about the lifespan of the original X-Box, and people weren't too bothered about that. If it's cool, people would buy it.
2019 or later on the other hand would be absolutely insane. The Wii U doesn't look like it's turing things around, and riding it out for 7+ years would be seriously detrimental to Nintendo. The Wii U does have quality games, but first party software can only do so much, and third party software isn't forthcoming. Unlike the Wii, the U doesn't have a hook that is appealing to customers. Sadly, I don't see anything in the pipeline that will change things in the next year. In technological terms, the Wii U is already approaching middle age, and it's going to be hard to manage a turnaround now. Not impossible, but unlikely.
Personally, I feel like there are enough quality games to warrant my purchase. I wouldn't be thrilled for Nintendo to cut the Wii U off so soon, but I also wouldn't feel cheated. Some people would inevitably be upset, but the cost of not making a move to make Nintendo relevant would outweigh the loss of consumer confidence.
