DevilRising said:
Qwark said:
Well if you want a console with a long life span you shouldn't have bought a Nintendo console in the first place. |
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NES - 1985-1994
SNES - 1991-1997
Game Boy - 1989-1998
Game Boy Advance - 2001-2007
Nintendo 64 - 1996-2001
Nintendo Gamecube - 2001-2006
Nintendo DS - 2004-2012
Nintendo Wii - 2006-2012
Where in that do you see Nintendo consoles not having decent-to-long lifespans? The Gamecube had a solid 5 years on the market, and every other console has had more, with the exception of the Game Boy Color, which had a relatively short life, just a few years. If the Wii U was officialy replaced by NX in late 2016, that would have given the system only 4 years on the market really, which would be the shortest in Nintendo home console history. They really have no reason to make that happen. Wii U may not be selling like hotcakes, but with games like MK8, Splatoon and Mario Maker, it is still selling. Might as well squeeze one more year out of it while they can, and give themselves more time to have games ready for NX, not just for launch, but for many months post-launch. If they only focus on having a decent launch lineup, but nothing for months after, it's going to be the Wii U situation all over again.
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Whilst you are not wrong, the N64 had about a 5 year cycle along with the GCN. I still remember my disappointment in 2000 when Nintendo seemingly lost interest in the N64 and shifted their focus on the Gamecube(Dolphin as it was coded back then). Nintendo really don't support their home consoles for too long(post SNES) which makes me not want to buy their consoles.
