OK, I faced it: WiiU can't sell over 15M

[Lucas-Rio]

spemanig said:

Lucas-Rio said:

Gamecube made money. Iwata always thought the GC sold badly because it came too late compared to the PS2. Nintendo won't release a new console before the end of this generation.

Nintendo traditionally don't make money on hardware but on software. Wii was making money on both at an unreal pace, but it was an exception. Killing the Wii U, to start again from scratch would mean losing more money. They need to recoup their losses by selling software. The successor of the Wii U will release when the competition release or when software aren't selling and the company continues to lose money.

The Wii U lost money. Iwata is the reason the Wii U lost money, so I don't put much stock to what he has to say.

Nintendo traditionally always make money on hardware. The 3DS and Wii U are the first ones where they have. Nintendo would make more money releasing a new successful console than they would keeping a failed on on life support for longer than needed. 2017 is longer than needed.

There is no way in hell the Wii U will release when when the PS5 and XB2 release. Nintendo aren't stupid enough to wait until the Wii U starts losing money again to release it's successor. It'll get 2 more years to recoup some losses and give them time to actually develop its successor, then they'll announce it at E3 2016 and release it Holiday 2016.

It'll have a 4 year life cycle. The OG XB had that. No one complained. The 360 became a huge success that dwarfed the XB. The same will happen with the Wii U's successor if Nintendo plays things smart.

Nintendo did not make money on hardware at launch before the Wii, especially not with the GC (price was slashed before launch).

Nintendo won't release a new console mid gen, 2 or 3 years before the Sony or Microsoft, that's extremely unlikely. Even if they are not direct competitors, it would be very confusing for their product. The new handheld is more likely to release in 2016.