Not sure why OP keeps bringing up Vita, vita and PS4 situations could not be more different. Might be the worst prediction I have ever seen,.

For real? lol, do you have any proof? Both seem like they could be.

Completely agree with this—especially the second point. I've seen people say Nintendo's next console will be out in 2016. I think there is a greater chance it gets officially announced. However, I really hope that I am wrong. I would love for the Wii U to sell well since the gaming industry is better when Nintendo is doing well.

That was amazing

Why not? If it releases holiday 2016 that would give Wii U a 4 year cycle which is just one year less than SNES/N64/GC plus its only selling 1/2 of N64 sales and 2/3 of GC sales in the same time frame so its possible they want to start fresh with a new console sooner rather than later.

Wii U will be discontinued by 2016

I find the thread funny.

I highly doubt that, possibly they will have a successor announced and set to release at the end of 2016 but not likely it will be discontinued. Nintendo still has a ton of 1st party games that still havent released or even announced yet plus another price cut or two so Wii U still has a few years left in it.

My prediction: Nintendo will announce the successor to the Wii U no later than 2016 at E3.

Reason: Nintendo can either retain their small niche market centered around 1st party IPs and continue to make a profit on each unit sold to a smaller audience with the likelihood that their potential 9th gen console will likely have the same fate, or they can come up with something revolutionary that appeals to the extended market beyond current video games and create a new audience for their hardware.

They're looking into medical "entertainment" apps and equipment currently.

The Wii U will in all likelihood go down in history as another Game Cube in terms of market impact and percentage.

Wii U succesor will be released late 2015, just my prediction based on previous trends lets wait a year.