Nem said:
zorg1000 said:
Genesis released 3 years after Master System
Nintendo DS released 3.5 years after Gameboy Advance
Xbox 360 released 4 years after Xbox
All 3 of these went on to sell much more than their predecessors
Saturn released about 6 years after Genesis
PS3 released 6 years after PS2
3DS released over 6 years after DS
All 3 of these sold much worse than their predecessors
The life cycle of a console has no bearing on the success of its successor.
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You didnt understand what i said. I said consumer perception is what matters. The number of years are not necessarely the defining factor.
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Yes, I completely understand what u said, that Wii U getting a successor after 4 years will hurt consumer confidence and I used 3 examples of devices that got successors in similar time frames and it went well for the company and I gave 3 examples of devices with much longer cycles and the the result was the opposite.
Releasing a successor earlier than normal does not guarantee failure.
