I think if it is a new system they'd be very smart porting Zelda U as a launch title. The reason I say this is that Sega when the Saturn launched (ignoring the 32x for a moment) had some excellent titles in 95 for the MD/Genesis (Ristar, Comix Zone and Vectorman) and almost nothing for the Saturn.

they should have killed it last year and put PS4s inside Nintendo cases lol.

Just made a slight edit there :P

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NES - 1985-1994

SNES - 1991-1997

Game Boy - 1989-1998

Game Boy Advance - 2001-2007

Nintendo 64 - 1996-2001

Nintendo Gamecube - 2001-2006

Nintendo DS - 2004-2012

Nintendo Wii - 2006-2012

Where in that do you see Nintendo consoles not having decent-to-long lifespans? The Gamecube had a solid 5 years on the market, and every other console has had more, with the exception of the Game Boy Color, which had a relatively short life, just a few years. If the Wii U was officialy replaced by NX in late 2016, that would have given the system only 4 years on the market really, which would be the shortest in Nintendo home console history. They really have no reason to make that happen. Wii U may not be selling like hotcakes, but with games like MK8, Splatoon and Mario Maker, it is still selling. Might as well squeeze one more year out of it while they can, and give themselves more time to have games ready for NX, not just for launch, but for many months post-launch. If they only focus on having a decent launch lineup, but nothing for months after, it's going to be the Wii U situation all over again.

Whilst you are not wrong, the N64 had about a 5 year cycle along with the GCN. I still remember my disappointment in 2000 when Nintendo seemingly lost interest in the N64 and shifted their focus on the Gamecube(Dolphin as it was coded back then). Nintendo really don't support their home consoles for too long(post SNES) which makes me not want to buy their consoles.

Not really but they obviously have to. When Star Fox, Twilight HD and Zelda U are out, I'll be more or less happy with the library though. Another announced game would be nice too!

Handhelds are irrelevent because the discussion is purely about home consoles, and it's more than just amount of years on the market, u have to take actual meaningful support into consideration. How many major titles did N64 get after 2000? How many major titles did GC get after 2005? How many major titles did Wii get after 2010? The answer to all these questions is very few, meaning for the last 20 years Nintendo home consoles have gotten only 4 years of meaningful support so whether or not NX releases this year, Wii U will most likely get little to no support in 2017 and what's the point of having an extra year on the market if there aren't any new major releases?

The GameBoy (and the GBC) lasted until 2003, Pokemon Gold and Silver were released in 2000.

So if you count them separately, it would be:

-GB: 1989-1998. 8 years.

-GBC: 1998-2003. 5 years.

well, it's still almost 5 years so It's not that bad

they should have at least supported the WiiU some more in terms of games though, at least 20m lifetime instead of giving up, cause with what we have now, WiiU is a major failure that costs Nintendo some reputation and trust, rather than cash

If i were a Wii U user, i would be fucking mad that my console is going to the slaughter house in less than 4 years since its release.

There is no other way around it for me. I firmly believe in long generations. It is better for the consumer, for the developer and the console maker.

If Nintendo keeps doing this 0.5 gens, i dont see how they will be competitive in this game. Unless they are fine with sub-20m consoles like the Wii U, because people are not going to support it nor developers.