Is Wii U the Dreamcast of the 2010's?

[Miyamotoo]

Soundwave said:

Miyamotoo said:

Even if they discounted Wii U next year (that doesnt have any sense beacuse Wii U next year will get Zelda U, Pokken Tournament, Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem..), Wii U would be discounted after 4 years and Dreamcast was discontinued after 2.

It would be more like the Saturn in that case (which I'm not really sure if a compliment, I'd rather be compared with the Dreamcast). Though Dreamcast released a year earlier in Japan too, so effectively it was active from 1998-2001. 

And it was discountinued because of business issues within Sega, not because it couldn't have been stretched out another year or two. 

Also GC was discontinued in 2007. one year after Wii launch, same like Wii was discontinued one year after Wii U launch.

Dreamcast:

Release date	JP November 27, 1998 NA September 9, 1999 EU October 14, 1999 AUS November 30, 1999
Discontinued	March 31, 2001

In Japan was in market only around 2.5 years before discontinued, on all other markets was only around 1.5 year before discontinued.

Wii U will be at least 4 years on market before discontinued, but probably 5+ years, I cant see it Nintendo discontinued Wii U next year.

 

I didnt talk about reasons why Dreamcast was discontinued, I just mentioned that there is one big difference when we comparing Dreamcast and Wii U, Dreamcast was discontinued after only around 2 years on market and Wii U will be probably discontinued after 5+ years on market.