Would you be OK with Nintendo killing the Wii U so early?

[Lucas-Rio]

RolStoppable said:

Lucas-Rio said:

RolStoppable said:
Anyone who remembers the GC's fifth year will be happy that the Wii U is done after four years.

The problem is that Wii U 's fourth year  will be like the GC fifth year.  The Gamecube was also killed early but for a reason, the Gamecube was itself a late release compared to the PS2 and had massively suffered from that.

The Wii released in time with the PS3.... The Wii U released one year before the other consoles. Not the same situation at all.

Consoles lifes are expanding toward 7-8 years, and Nintendo is the exception, with the Wii U lasting only 4  years, with only 3 years of support.

Wii U's fourth year will have a lot more games than the GC in its fifth year, thanks to the arrival of digital games. The Wii U is Nintendo's worst-selling home console, so that's a pretty good reason to end its lifecycle.

If the Wii U had two more years and a true price drop, it could have reached gamecube levels.

They released a console at premium price and now they are burrying it.  There is nothing next year except Zelda (potential multi platform with NX) and Starfox.

I bought the Wii U at MK8 release but for the NX I may wait longer if they don't kill the system 6 months after. In my opinion Nintendo should have assumed the Wii U 1-2 years more.