Bloomberg: Nintendo’s Outlook Disappoints and Mario Can’t Save Wii U (Stock down 8.7%)

[Mr Khan]

spemanig said:

Mr Khan said:

But then Nintendo's stuck with the Wii U architecture moving forward. They want to forget the Wii U as quickly as they "safely" can (which is to say, soon enough that Wii U owners don't feel burned by early abandonment, but no later). The next handheld will lead the next console's structure.

Unless they match GPU, which is more possible.

No, they don't. They specifically said that they want their next platform to absorb the Wii U's architecture. They literally used the words "absorb" "Wii U" and "architecture."

They want to drop the Wii U as quickly as possible from a product perspective, but clearly not from an actitecture perspective. What ever the next handheld is, it's definitely going to borrow a lot from the Wii U.

GPU only, though, as i said. They can't stick with PowerPC, it's a design albatross.