How Long Will The Wii U's Lifetime Be?

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Wii U life-cycle will be...
3 years	42	12.10%
4 years	52	14.99%
5 years	104	29.97%
6 years	83	23.92%
7 years	21	6.05%
8 years	14	4.03%
9 years	1	0.29%
10 years	9	2.59%
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zorg1000 on 22 September 2013

NES-6 years
SNES-5 years
N64-5 years
GC-5 years
Wii-6 years

So im guessing 5-6 years for Wii U

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Roma on 22 September 2013

about 5 years maybe 6 depending on how well it sells

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AndrewWK on 22 September 2013

2 more years

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tbone51 on 22 September 2013

KingdomHeartsFan said:

JoeTheBro said:
I'd say around 8.

Just remember life cycle is much longer than "time till successor releases"

Ya but Nintendo consoles don't last long after theur successor comes out, I mean just look at the Wii. Support for that died off before the Wii U even came out.

but its still selling like ps2 was. It might have 2%-4% support but its still something, look at Wii Sales, they are doing pretty good in US for something thats dead

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tbone51 on 22 September 2013

AndrewWK said:
2 more years

Wanna bet it last longer than that?

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jonathanalis on 22 September 2013

5 years, so, next console will be released at 2017, and keep in market till 2023.
ps360 will receive new titles until 2016, so, wii U will still compete with 7 generation, and the wii U sucessor will compete in 8 gen.

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KingdomHeartsFan on 22 September 2013

jonathanalis said:
5 years, so, next console will be released at 2017, and keep in market till 2023.
ps360 will receive new titles until 2016, so, wii U will still compete with 7 generation, and the wii U sucessor will compete in 8 gen.

I don't see PS3 or 360 being supported that long, they might get a couple titles in NA and Europe, like some sports games, and some in Japan, but I don't see it being anything major.