| Lord N said: Long before then, Sony and MS will have released new consoles, and if that doesn't do it, then the Wii's own successor cause its sales to fall.
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Sort of like how the release of the curren-gen systems stopped the PS2 from selling, right?
Key Points
*The novelty of the Wii's motion sensing controller won't carry it for 10 years.
*In about 3 years the Wii will be heavily dependant on 3rd party titles after Ninty have used their Mario and Zelda cards for this gen.
* If Microsoft and Sony get the motion sensing control right then that'll further cut the Wii's lifespan.
*The casual market is unpredicatble , they're always looking for the newest and most innovative thing , the Wii can't be that for the next 8 years.
* The Wii already looks dated even in comparison to PS3 , 360 launch titles , whats gonna happen @ the end of this generation , games can only be optimised for the Wii so much.
*If MS and Sony deside to release XBOX 720 and PS4 respectivley then it's basicly game over for the Wii , both are likely to have motion sensing implemented well or some other sort of Next gen control scheme , both will have georgeous HD graphics and both are likely to cost alot less.
The only way Nintnendo can continue selling is by releasing a Nintendo Wii 2 , and there's not alot of room for improvment , it doesn't need HD graphics (doing so will make it cost similar to PS4,720) , they can do a hard drive this gen , they can improve their online this gen. The only thing I could imagine would sell Wii 2 was another killer controller.
The novelty of the controller might not carry it, but that hardly matters, because it's how developers use the motion controls that will keep it going. No one believed that the DS touchscreen would last, see how that turned out.
"In about 3 year Nintendo will be dependent on 3rd parties" that's a problem now? Before it was "only Nintendo games sell" and soon it will be "only 3rd party games sell." Right.
Nintendo owns the market that likes the motion control. Going the route of motion controls will never work for the 360 because not everyone will have it. It has a 5% of actually becoming a hit.
Casual market... well, all I can say is that's why Nintendo will move upmarket.
All consoles looked dated compared to the PC.
Once the Wii/PS3/360 were released, it was basically game over for the PS2, right? RIGHT?
Both (PS4/720) are likely to cost a lot less than the Wii? Ok then.
And I don't think adding HD graphics next gen will be all that expensive, especially since the PS4 and 720 will be cheap anyway (from your point above).
