Honestly, Nintendo is not going to get third party support on par with the competition regardless of when they release their next system. Instead of pouring money into the R&D for making a new console, they would be better off giving the Wii U a standard 5+ year life and investing in acquiring/founding studios and infrastructure so they can have a lot of actually dependable software support.

Besides, let's say the Wii 3 were released Holiday 2015. What would sell it? I suppose they can have another 2D Mario by then, but a true next 3D Mario won't be ready until 2016, Mario Kart and Smash Bros won't have successors for ages, especially since the Mario Kart team will likely need to have MK9 for the 3DS's successor by its launch in, say, late 2017. Super Smash Bros can be rushed more, but it would involve Nintendo essentially annexing Bandai Namco's fighting team for almost permanent use, considering that was the only way SSB4 is gettting done in about two years. Then you have Zelda, which I guess can skip the Wii U like Metroid did the N64, Retro's next game, which will come out Holiday 2016 earliest, and... I'm not thinking of much else.

My point is, the Wii 3 in 2016 and 2017 would suffer from similar problems as the Wii U in 2012 and 2013. It would have too small an installbase to get all the third party games, and the more powerful system will only stretch Nintendo resources further.

The problem is Nintendo's ability to support their consoles, not 3rd parties.

I think it should be a bit later, 2017-19,
Just for fuck's sake, let the Wii brand die, make something new, or a NNES or whatever, just not Wii

67 yes 211 no nuff said

No, and I'm getting tired of the same exact posts with different wordings. Not clever, informative, or useful in any way. They won't abandon it, because there is no point in a stronger console.

i couldnt agree more. IMHO the WIi brand did more long term harm than good

Ss soon as PS4 comes out with a successor. My new PC upgrade is more powerful than it. =)

I think it would hurt their chances long term if they try to fix something short term with such a drastic move. It would be akin to Sega dropping the Saturn so quickly and releasing the Dreamcast. Dreamcast suffered greatly because of moves like that.

Yeah, and I think the WiiU probably would've been a bit more successful than it is now, if it was with a different name like Nintendo Stream, or of they had supported the Wii instead of letting it get a couple of bones in 2011-12

No they shouldn't, wish people would stop posting ridiculous threads.

the latter really screwed it. People are going to be less reluctant to buy a follow up if it doesnt get much support. blue ocean bounced like i thought they would and the red ocean guys were going to be a tough sell as they care more. People might argue Wii had a regular life cycle but that dont mean crap when the competition is STILL getting supported. Hell 360 was out a whole year before and its still getting games in the pipe