Pavolink said:
At least it would have 5 years and consumers won't lose confidence on Nintendo, despite the delays, droughts, low sales, unambitious library, a wasteland ahead... No! Only a random cycle matters. |
Bussiness-wise it makes sense to wait. Releasing a new home console during the peak year of the PS4 is never a good idea. Who going to want to buy another home console when you can get a PS4 with an amazing library? The dev kits are only out for a couple of months and that's just not enough time to develop for a home console. Even the Wii U had its dev kits released about 1.5 years before its launch.
The 3DS is on a steady decline in terms of sales, they need to adress that crowd, they can't just forget about the 55/60 million 3DS users. They shouldn't forget the Wii U userbase either, but let's be honest, the 3DS is much more important right now. Whether they launch a new home console this year or next year doesn't really matter, they have to start at zero either way. If they forget about the 3DS, there's a chance they loose a big part of that crowd. The Wii U's userbase is too small anyway, most hardcore Nintendo fans that are likely to buy their new home console anyway, whether it comes this year or next year.
The Wii U, despite its low sales, is actually selling very steadily. Around 4 million units every year, no decline as of now. With the proper software support, they can easily stretch the Wii U's lifespan till 2017.
What software do you say? 6-7 months ago, just after E3, someone told me the Wii U wasn't going to get any games in 2016, SMTxFE was the only confirmed game for 2016, and the guy believed that Zelda U was an NX title with its TBD release window. Now we have at least 5 games confirmed for this year: Zelda U, Twilight Princess, SMTxFE, Pokkén and Star Fox (although that last one was delayed). There's a very strong chance that Paper Mario is coming to the Wii U, and we know that Pikmin 4 is near completion as well. Just wait what Nintendo reveals this year. There's plenty of time. Absense of evidence is not evidence of absense. They revealed 3D World at E3 and released that game 5 months later. It's definitely not impossible, especially since Reggie said last year that they want to reveal games much closer to their release dates, so no years of waiting anymore, like we had with Zelda U, Xenoblade X or Woolly World. I'm going to be patient like I always am, and often that turns out to be the right mind-set when it comes to Nintendo.
