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

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CaptainExplosion said:

Thunderbird77 said:

CaptainExplosion said:

zorg1000 said:

CaptainExplosion said:

Four years still feels like too little. That's what happened with the Saturn/Dreamcast transition, and why consumers fell out of love with Sega. Do you want that to happen with Nintendo?

 

Is there a reason that u are ignoring the Master System, Gameboy Advance & Xbox which all had 4 years or less and had successors go on to being each companies biggest success ever?

Also the Dreamcast had a record launch and was discontinued only because of Sega's financial situation which caused them to no longer have the money to support it.

Yes, there is; No Nintendo CONSOLE had only 4 years before it's successor. Just becaus it worked with the Genesis, DS and Xbox 360 doesn't mean it can happen a fourth time. Nintendo wouldn't have that kind of luck. -_-

The thing you are missing is that it's irrelevant if the timespan is 4, 5 or 6 years. You act as if it's a hindrance when the real factors that determine a console's success are price, games, marketing...

Well we both should know another reason why they can't kill the Wii U early; It's top-selling games. Mario Kart 8 has sold over 6.5 million units, Smash for Wii U has passed 4.5 million, and of course Splatoon and it's highly active online community. Need I add Super Mario Maker?

Backwards compatability would keep the online going and potentially grow the online community so don't see that been a reason for killing the Wii U early.