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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Handhelds are irrelevent because the discussion is purely about home consoles, and it's more than just amount of years on the market, u have to take actual meaningful support into consideration. How many major titles did N64 get after 2000? How many major titles did GC get after 2005? How many major titles did Wii get after 2010? The answer to all these questions is very few, meaning for the last 20 years Nintendo home consoles have gotten only 4 years of meaningful support so whether or not NX releases this year, Wii U will most likely get little to no support in 2017 and what's the point of having an extra year on the market if there aren't any new major releases?
