Nintendo 8th gen hardware sales per year

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generic-user-1 said:

zorg1000 said:

generic-user-1 said:

yes, clearly there will be a new nintendo console next year, we all know that and nintendo will talk about it at e3.  

 

 

greetings from 2017...

Yes, it's pretty clear to almost everybody that Nintendo will be releasing new hardware in 2016/2017.

3DS has already begun to decline, with shipments around 9 million this fiscal year (down from 12-14m in the previous 3 years), New 3DS can help slow down the decline but only an insane person believes it's going to significantly raise sales and extend the lifespan. Nintendo has shipped roughly 3 million Wii U's for 3 years straight, expecting anything significantly higher than that in the following years is niave.

It's logical to assume Nintendo had 1-2 good years left this generation before successors release.

most people think so because they just look at the salenumbers and think ohh well nintendo needs to make a new console, the old is selling so badly.

people who arent 15 and play videogames for a long time know that doing a sega is a retarded move and nintendo will not do it, they never did, even when the GC was selling badly.

the decline of the 3ds was partly because the new 3ds was coming, people dont buy hardware if they know a new better one for the same price will come soon. and the wiiu has some more time because nintendo needs to make back some money before the new console launches, the bad sales of the wiiu will extend its life because nintendo has do get the core audience pleased beefore launching a new console, and we hadnt a real pricecut yet. they go for a longer lifecircle.

It's not pulling a Sega. A Spring 2016 or Spring 2017 launch of the next handheld gives 3DS a 5-6 year life and a Holiday 2016 or Holiday 2017 launch of the next console gives Wii U a 4-5 year life.

3DS has been declining since before New 3DS was even announced, I believe something like 50% down in Japan and 30% in USA, Europe probably similar to USA.

By the end of 2016, Wii U owners should be satisfied, Nintendo will have provided dozens of high quality exclusives by that point.

A couple comments from Iwata also basically confirm we will see new hardware by the end of 2016. Back in May 2014, he said they would redefine gaming in about 2 years and he also said they will return to Nintendo like profits of 100 billion yen in the fiscal year ending March 2017. What could those quotes possibly be hinting at?