Yeah people hate IGN, but sometimes they make interesting things, like this one

http://wii.ign.com/articles/113/1136075p1.html

So basically:

For:

Dated Hardware

More Direct Competitors

Third-Party Pressure

Nintendo Favours Half-steps

Nintendo Decides The Next Generation Debut

Against:

3DS

The Hardware is Still Selling Well

Is the Market Ready?

Is Nintendo R&D Ready?

No Price Drop ...Yet

The pic capture IGN!!!

OT: Cons are stronger that Pros.

Nintendo is d0med.

Always was.

yeah and i though i was the monkeys uncle lol

What's the obsession of this pseudojournalists with creating an imaginary war of Apple vs Nintendo? Seriously.

Well, they did the same thing with Sega/Nintendo Sony/Nintendo and MS/Nintendo. Media creates all kinds of stupid wars. At least the others actually make consoles for the main purpose of gaming though. Hell the media even had people convinced that Bill Clinton was racest. They keep calling Obama the Black President. Have you ever heard somone call Bush or any other President the White President?

On Topic

Because they can't make a Sony vs Nintendo war credible anymore.

No way can Nintendo release a new console until at least 2012.  The 3DS is going to be a major investment, by all accounts probably around $300.  Nintendo will want to give a little breathing room to let the 3DS shine in 2011 and possibly 2012--- the hype of the 3DS needs to circulate before a new Nintendo console comes in and steals some of the thunder.  Plus, how many fans will want to invest in a 3DS and a Wii2 in the same year? Wii2 shouldn't be available until 2012 Christmas season at the earliest. 

The Wii was performing sluggishly this fall, but it appears re-invigorated for now.  Price-cuts, bundles, and new Wii hit games should sustain the Wii for a longer game cycle than the GameCube had.  The Wii is actually doing great now considering that it is going into its 5th Christmas season and still outselling its more technologically advanced competitors.

A $50 price-cut later in 2011 will help the Wii to continue to fly off the shelfs

This seems to be about whether the next Nintendo home console should be a mere update to the Wii or a whole revamping. If so, it's moot since Nintendo has made it clear it will be the latter.