| Soundwave said: I don't really get why Nintendo fans on this board are so terrified of new hardware. This is nothing like the Sega situation at all where they released 32X and Saturn 8 months within each other too, OK so stop citing that as an example, especially the 15 year olds here who don't really know anything about that era. The XBox 360 and Nintendo DS are the best selling Microsoft and Nintendo game hardware systems and they were both preceeded by system's with shorter lifecycles and that didn't impact them. |
I can't speak for others and this is the first I've really weighed in on the subject. Personally if they release another home console in 2016 I won't be picking it up at launch. I'll take a wait and see approach (at least I'll try). The numbers for the Wii U have sucked. I think it is a great console, I've embraced it financially like no other console before it. I have close to a couple hundred games for it.
If they release another console too soon (and I think 2016 even holiday 2016 is too soon) my confidence in the markets acceptance of said console is pretty low. I don't think I will be the only one taking a wait and see approach. If enough of the N base does this I can't see third parties treating the NX any differently than the Wii U (perhaps even worse ... no third party launch support). Outside of the Wii, it seems a console needs decent to good 3rd party support to gain market-share and thus be attractive as a platform for third parties. There are a lot of factors (architecture being one) that play into 3rd party support and even said support is just one of many other factors than can be part of a consoles success.
