Not even remotely possible for the longer range, the device is literally already built to the maximum possible short of melting in your hands. The range of the WiiU is not hardware/software limited, its noise limited by everything else around you.

Take your WiiU to the desert and try to play on the gamepad, you can probably reach a hundred feet without an issue. Why? Because no cell phones, routers, or other radio signals are getting in the way of the 5.0 GHz frequency that the system comunicates over.

The battery life, on the other hand, they did limit but you can replace it.

I'm sure we'll see a new model with more memory soon but not an upgrade in power or something like the new 3DS.

I agree to that. That actually makes sense.

Hell no, that would piss off what early adopters they do have and blow whatever consumer confidence they actually have left. That's a sega cd/32x move, nintendo goes down that road they may as well go third party and get it over with.

Handhelds play by different rules. Two completely different products selling to two completely different demographs. The only time a majoy console maker ever tried something like that (Genesis/32X/Sega CD) it was a an epic fail to end all epic fails.

I don't think that Nintendo would be so stupid as to release a ninth gen home console anytime soon.

However I do think that they'll do what Microsoft and Sony have done with their consoles in the past where they sell consoles with more gigabytes of space, btter bettery life in their controller, pair up the console with a different controller (think of the 360 with the silver controller) etc.

However SEGA has proved before that constantly fucking over the consumer with add-ons, new consoles and everything mixed in with a touch of ass fuckery is not the way to go with a home console.

I rest my case (even though this is a mix of my not-so educated guess and opinion).

No. The 3DS has a huge user base, and baseline 3DS models will continue to sell, as the DSLite did, for some time, along side the "new" 3DS. Wii U has a small userbase so far, though dedicated, and you just don't release "updated" (hardware wise) versions of home consoles. You can get away with it for handhelds. Just ask Sony. But not home consoles. Horrible idea. Move along.

terrible idea

NO.

Nintendo was doing that vith GameBoy and DS family too, never done that vith home consoles.

Terrible idea, but that's what I'm worried about now! I'll hold off on my Wii U purchase until I know