| Sky Render said: Nintendo has stated more than once that they're not following the old "new hardware every 4 to 6 years" model any longer, yet people still act as though they are... The impetus for a successor to the DS or Wii will be: 1.) gamer drift, or 2.) competitor disruption. Nothing else will warrant a new system. And no, a competitor releasing a better-capabilities version of hardware that functions the same as the DS or Wii does not count as competitor disruption; that's the sustaining innovation/incremental upgrade route. And no, Nintendo will not release a successor system which follows that formula. They're done with that route, so I humbly request that at least those here at VG Chartz stop acting like that's their strategy. Thank you. |
They are clever and they are learning from previous experience, both their own and that of competitors: releasing first didn't help themselves when Sony became the king of the hill, neither it helped XBox360, with Wii surpassing it in a few months even startin one year later and PS3 slowly catching up too; shortening the life span didn't help XBox 1, it helped killing it instead. Generally, pursuing the competitors doesn't work alone, if you find yourself second you must do it , but you must also find something more creative than just chasing if you want to get the leadership, and Nintendo with Wii did it in a such newer way that it surpassed competitors with no efforts, like if its novelty made it jump through other dimensions, a little time passed and POOF!, MS horrified saw it wasn't first anymore.
Now the others are chasing it and Nintendo doesn't need to look at lifecycle anymore, or at least not to follow others' policies about it, it only needs to remain creative and not letting the competitors force its release dates will make them panic and itself stronger even more.
