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tak13 on 21 February 2015
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zorg1000 said:
generic-user-1 said:
zorg1000 said:

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?

Yeah because two years and a half passed since the last revision which was 3DSXL and 3DS was badly needing a revision in early 2014,then with the announcement of New3ds/xl in Japan the decline became way bigger than it would  be without this announcement,2015 will be bigger for 3DS than 2014 was(Thanks to New3ds/xl) and I seriously can get why you can't realize it!You should...