Darwinianevolution on 10 January 2016
I doubt that, even with expanding its support into 2018, would have improved the sales of the WiiU. The GameCube had a longer life, but by then the GBA was beasting and selling faster than the original GB, so they were finantially in a good position to keep the GC alive a bit longer. Now, the sales of the 3DS are going down quickly, and even then they double the weekly numbers of the U. They need a relevant console on the market, and soon the 3DS will stop being so.
Sega abandoned the Saturn quickly, but before that they abandoned the Sega CD and the 32X, so the failing of the Saturn wasn't an isolated event.
