Iwata Cites Cheaper Software/More Remakes For 3DS, No Price Cuts.

[zorg1000]

Soundwave said:

zorg1000 said:

Spring/Summer 2016 gives New 3DS 1.5 years on the market before a successor, which is a completely reasonable amount of time.

DSi XL was the last DS revision and that was basically a year before the 3DS launched. And Nintendo promised exclusive games for the DSi too, lol, that went nowhere. 

It's not like the New 3DS ceases to exist the moment the new handheld comes out anyway, Nintendo needs the New 3DS as the 3DS will have to be stocked through 2018 most likely.

5+ years for the 3DS as the primary Nintendo handheld is more than enough too especially considering its sales/year rate was lower than the DS or even Game Boy Advance. 

DS got 6 years but it deserved the 6 years because it sold 150 million, not the 70-75 million the 3DS is on pace for, and even there Nintendo wanted to launch 3DS in holiday 2010 but just didn't have enough software ready to go. 

Well DSi did get a whole bunch of exclusives, they were just digital. But ya, I don't expect New 3DS to get too many exclusive titles, perhaps a half dozen or so with most of them being Wii ports. I could see alot of games getting New 3DS exclusive content tho.