With the announcement of the NX, Nintendo admits defeat with the Wii U

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Originally Posted by TrekkiesUnite118;709469[B

]It's not due out until 2017 at the earliest. That's a 5 year life span for the Wii U, which is close to the average console life span before a successor comes out. Last Generation was unusually long remember?:[/B]

NES came out in 1983, SNES came out in 1990 (7 years).
SMS came out in 1985, Genesis came out in 1988 (3 years).
Genesis released in 1988, Saturn came out in 1994 (6 years).
SNES came out in 1990, N64 came out in 1996 (6 years).
PS1 came out in 1994, PS2 came out in 2000 (6 years).
Saturn came out in 1994, DC came out in 1998 (4 years).
N64 came out in 1996, Gamecube came out in 2001 (5 years).
Xbox came out in 2001, 360 came out in 2005 (4 years).
Gamecube came out in 2001, Wii came out in 2006 (5 years).
PS2 came out in 2000, PS3 came out in 2006 (6 years).

That gives us an average console life span of 5.2 years. So Nintendo having a successor in 2017 isn't surprising even if the Wii U was a run away success. It's normal to be developing your next console around this time. I bet you any money Sony and Microsoft are already working on their next consoles too. To say "Nintendo admits defeat, dumping the Wii U!" or "Nintendo pulling a Sega!" is flat out clickbait nonsense. The reality of the situation is Nintendo is planning for an average console life span, but putting that as a headline doesn't generate nearly enough clicks.



Are you actually reading what Nintendo is saying or what clickbait journalists are saying? Nintendo's Mobile venture is only going to be original experimental titles designed more to compliment and advertise their console and handheld titles. They've flat out said there will be no ports from Wii U or 3DS, nor will any major titles be announced as mobile. You're not going to see releases of NES, SNES, N64, etc. games on mobile platforms, nor will you see 3DS and Wii U releases on mobile. So 3DS should be fine.

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lol you are so desperately grasping at strings to defend nintendo. but pls keep going I'm laughing my ass off every time

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

If Zelda U is the slow death for the Wii U, then it's been terminally ill since Nintendo basically launched it.

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Zelda U will be the Wii U's last gasp for air, similar to Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast.

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Originally Posted by bultje112

lol you are so desperately grasping at strings to defend nintendo. but pls keep going I'm laughing my ass off every time

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Hes filling in for ABF.

Maybe NX will be a real console without some weird gimmick like touch screens or motion controls. That would be nice.

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Originally Posted by parallaxscroll

Wii U was doomed from the start when it was revealed at E3 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eToRfMrjbzM

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I agree,soon as i saw it i knew it was going to fail.

^ My heart sank the first time I watched this video. I knew right away that it had "bad idea", and "this company has no idea what it's doing" written all over it.

It would be really nice if the NX was a simple, yet powerful box, that came with something like the Pro Controller, and nothing else.

Nintendo made the right choice ditching the Wii U instead of quietly fading into the background. The PS4 and XBOne aren't setting the world on fire yet so now's the time to strike with big news like the NX.

As for the 3DS it's performing fine. I don't agree with any of the doom-and-gloom there just because they're going to starting making games for mobile devices. If the 3DS were dead in the water they wouldn't be wasting their time with more revisions.

I wouldn't declare Nintendo's handheld ambitions "dead" until you see a mainline Pokemon game show up on a mobile device. Once that happens then it will signal Nintendo throwing in the towel on handhelds.

Has anyone thought that maybe Nintendo do constant gimmicks because their shitty games aren't actually good enough to sell without one?

That might be it.

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Originally Posted by AlecRob

Maybe NX will be a real console without some weird gimmick like touch screens or motion controls. That would be nice.

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Don't bank on it.

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Originally Posted by Gogogadget

Has anyone thought that maybe Nintendo do constant gimmicks because their shitty games aren't actually good enough to sell without one?

That might be it.

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There's really nothing about most of their big named games that wouldn't work as a normal game. Zelda? See their N64/GC and early Wii games.
Metroid? See all of them on the GC.

Mario? Easy enough with a controller as well.

Same with the kart games.

Really, their gimmicks are useless in the grand scheme. They just got lucky as hell with the wii-mote at the right time.

I don't have a Wii but every time I've played it I've had a good laugh (I only ever played Wii Sports). The one thing I do like is the way that anyone can play, I've had a great time playing games with my parents and grandparents when before I wouldn't have.

For proper gaming though I agree Wiimotes are bobbins.

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Originally Posted by fruitsofherwomb

Hum, they didn't say that the Nintendo NX was a home console or a handheld or anything. They called it their new 'platform', personally think that its going to be the successor to the 3DS and will basically be a phone with a D-Pad and buttons as optional but a one screen panel that has tablet like multi-touch.

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That sounds awfully similar to the N-Gage and the "Playstation phone" (Xperia Play).

On a related note, it was recently announced that the Playstation Mobile service is shutting down in a few months.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

Everyone has a cell phone, and it wouldn't surprise me if the next Nintendo console/handheld is a mobile device with a docking station to function like a console in the home.

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A lot of people have been saying this, but I just can't imagine Nintendo replacing two revenue streams with one. That would be like Apple discontinuing the iPad and making new Macbooks have touchscreens and detachable keyboards. Nintendo is already a fairly narrowly-focused company; it would be foolish of them to put all their eggs in one basket.

I am confident they've learned their lessons with gimmicks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puT-1IM3xXc

"The Wii U is doing so badly, that it doesn't get sports games"

What was the last console that didn't get multi-platform sports games? the Atari Jaguar?

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Originally Posted by azonicrider

What was the last console that didn't get multi-platform sports games? the Atari Jaguar?

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Dreamcast?

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Originally Posted by azonicrider

"The Wii U is doing so badly, that it doesn't get sports games"

What was the last console that didn't get multi-platform sports games? the Atari Jaguar?

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The original Wii.

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Originally Posted by maxi

Dreamcast?

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I didn't mention the Dreamcast because it should be excused, the whole EA-Visual Concepts fiasco. Its a whole different story instead of lack of sales.

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Originally Posted by A Black Falcon

The original Wii.

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Prepare to have your mind blown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_15