Will 2015 E3 be the last Wii U-focused E3 for Nintendo?

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Guitarguy said:

Given that they have announced the NX to enforce that they would "remain in the game SYSTEM business", who else sees 2015 E3 as the last one for Ninendo where it is primarily focused on the Wii U? Many cannot see Nintendo sticking with the Wii U exclusively until 2018 so a 2017 release date for the follow up console seems very likely meaning a 2016 reveal(most likely). Nintendo are notorious for cutting support for consoles that under-achieve sales-wise, I noticed that with the n64 and the GCN and was disappointed that the focus had shifted and the software began to dry up.

Forget whether they are successful sales-wise or not, Nintendo pretty consistently drops most support for their consoles after the 4th year. Even the Wii's last couple years were pretty sparse. I love Nintendo, but I can acknowledge that they struggle to provide enough first-party content for both a handheld AND a console at the same time. When you factor in transition years, at times they can be struggling to provide games for 3-4 different systems at one time. So I don't think there's any question that after this year, the Wii U software lineup will begin to run dry. Just like the 3DS lineup already essentially is. Both 3DS and Wii U struggled with weak launch lineups, so in order to avoid that, they pretty much have to be already working on software for their next systems.