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

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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.

The GameBoy (and the GBC) lasted until 2003, Pokemon Gold and Silver were released in 2000.

So if you count them separately, it would be:

-GB: 1989-1998. 8 years.

-GBC: 1998-2003. 5 years.