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zippy on 01 December 2015
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bunchanumbers said:
zippy said:
twintail said:


Exactly. 

NX needs to be out as soon as Nintendo is capable of releaseing it with their software. Holding onto the WiiU and 3DS is not going to do them any favours whatsoever. 


Funny, because they have lost me as a customer by cutting the Wii U lifespan short. 3DS is fine to replace because Nintendo have been excellent with their support of that, and although Wii u has had great games, I still think Nintendo could have done better with it. I am certainly not satisfied with a 4 year lifespan consisting of huge game droughts, it doesn't have me bursting to own an NX, and I'm sure there are others that feel this way.

If they're smart they have a countdown clock until NX launches in Nintendo headquarters. And that clock hits zero holiday season of 2016. 3DS is being clowned by smartphones at every turn and Wii U isn't lighting the world on fire with sales. Keeping them around for longer than 2 years would be disastrous. It might mean losing customers who feel a way about Wii U, but they can't just keep pumping out games to appease a few disgruntled people and lose money.

I hope it comes and I hope it comes next year. I had a blast with Wii U and I'm ready to move on. If the games are as fun as they were with Wii U then it'll be nothing but good times.

Dont get me wrong, I love my Wii U and enjoyed every minute of it, but Nintendo need to move on from these short hardware lifecycles. If NX stumbles out of the blocks are Nintendo going to pull the plug early on that too. I for one am not taking those risks again. Sony fully backed the PS3 even though it sold poorly at the begining, and the losses they took were huge. However they believed in their product and the support they threw behind it is why they are trusted by gamers and sitting back at the top of the tree again.