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Soundwave on 28 January 2015
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curl-6 said:
binary solo said:

But 4 years (Nov 2012-Nov 2016), is also a reasonable generation time. Launching in Nov 2016 does not make Wii U's lifespan outrageously short. And if Wii U tanks this year hitting the next gen in 2016 is a chance for a complete refresh, including ditching the childish Wii name.

Like I said above, I think a Nov 2016 replacement would only fly if 2016 had a Wii U lineup on par with 2013 or 2014.

If 2015 is it's last year of proper support, and it's 2016 is like Wii's 2012 or Gamecube's 2006, they're in trouble.


I think that's doable. 

2013 had what? Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, LEGO City, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U, Zelda: WWHD. 

Lets even assume the next Mario 3D game and Animal Crossing is off-limits from the Wii U for the "new hardware" (Fusion), you could still easily have something like --

Metroid U (Retro/NST?), Paper Mario U (IS), Diddy Kong Racing U (Monster Games/Retro), Pokken Fighters (Namco), SMT x Fire Emblem (Atlus), Mario Sports Game (Namco?), Hyrule Warriors 2 (Tecmo-Koei) etc. 

For 2016. 

That's not awful per se. GameCube's 2005 (equivalent year) was Geist, Star Fox Assault, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Mario Party, Mario Baseball, Battallion Wars. Terrible. And 2006 was even worse, lol. Had zero impact on Wii sales.