Iwata: “Wii U Is Not Over Yet”

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sc94597 said:
Hope this thread helps those who think there will be a new platform in 2016.

Helps them to continue to believe that a NES 2K may launch in Nov 2016, yes it probably will help. I see nothing inconsitent between saying that Nintendo will continue to provide strong support for Wii U, without putting a timeframe on it, and making plans to launch NES 2K at the end of 2016. Because of the very short generation interval between Wii U and NES 2K Nintendo will not announce the NES 2K too much in advance. I wouldn;t be surprised if they announced at the beginning of 2016.

But also it makes 2017 a somewhat more likely year for NES 2K. However I think Nitnendo pretty much as the NES 2K fully designed and spec'd, so that if Wii U has a terrible year this year they will be able to pull the trigger on NES 2K a year ahead of schedule without suffering any hardware faults or system glitches. 

If Nintendo expects PS4 and Xb one to have a fairly long generation, then Nintendo could potentially plan to have its 9th generation coimpletely within the time of PS4's 8th gen, and aim to launch NES 10G in the same timeframe as PS5.

If NES2K is launched at $300 in 2016, and it has more grunt than PS4bone then NES 2K could attract decent 3rd party support and lead to good sales with early Wii U adopters being happy to start making the switch, and mid gen buyers who haven;t got into the 8th gen yet deciding to skip the generation and go straight to the 9th gen Nintendo console. With a view to perhaps going back to PS/Xb in the 10th gen. As long as NES 2K can get CoD, Fifa, AC, Battlefield and Destiny 2m the potential gamers support for NES 2K could be substantial.