Topic: Should Nintendo bring out a next gen console sooner or later?

I got a Wii U last year (though technically that WAS my fault) and I will not be happy if Nintendo releases a console before 2017. If they SHOW a console at E3 2016, I'll be fine.

I'm hoping for a new console in 2017/2018. 2016 is much too soon for me.

Were you upset when the GBA died after 3 years?

I think Nintendo should release its next home console in late 2016 or early 2017. The console will have to AT LEAST be on standard with the PS4/Xbox One, or even on a higher standard. However, I think that Nintendo should announce their next handheld console late next year sometime, just so we can see where the company is going and what steps it's going to take.

Wii U 2012> retired in 2018> new console Nintendo Fusion announced early 2018> released blackfriday 2018 with 50 games, 25 VC, 25 retail. Prints money..... oh yeah. shades on

2018 is a bit too ambitious for a platform that has been a miserable commercial failure. The moment they feel that this thing has enjoyed a respectable enough life and the successor is ready, expect to see it seemingly disappear almost overnight.

It will not see six years as Nintendo's premier home console.

Later. Ditching a struggling console 5-6 years before the generation ends won't win Nintendo any fans.

They don't have much of a choice. Axe it too early and you risk losing a huge chunk of your fanbase. They need to release the new one at the earliest 2018. you can expect Microsoft/sony's console to last at least as long as the 360/ps3 did. 8yrs my friend. They should try to release it so the tech gap isn't so huge between nintendo and the other 2.

Next handheld? The new 3ds hasnt even launced worldwide!

I wanted to buy myself a 3ds xl, but when I thought about the new 3ds coming out next year, I decided to save some money and went for the 2ds (havent regretted it so far!) and when the time and price is right move on to the new 3ds. If they announced another handheld? I dont know if that would be good... to many consoles within a short period of time is no good

I think they should wait two or so years for a new handheld. Give the New Nintendo 3DS a chance for a year or so before planning the successor.

As for a home console... I'm conflicted. On the one hand, you don't want people to feel that Nintendo gives up on systems too easily, since it'll make people wary of buying them (ask Sega what that did to them). On the other hand... I suspect the Wii U is just a lost cause at this point, and wonder if Nintendo should just cut their losses and move onto something that'll actually sell.

I feel the same way, so conflicted... you don't want to burn the faithful but at the same time you want to move on when it looks like it can't be salvaged.

2016 is a 3-year life span. Much shorter than 4.5 years. 3-years is rediculous. Nintendo won't have any consumer confidence after that. No one will buy a console when they see how short its life-span could be because of what happened to it's predecessor. Espcially when you see the 8-year life-span of the competitors (or debatably 9-year).

The fact that the New 3DS comes with a few changes here and there (that should have been implemented in the first release) really doesn't show that Nintendo wants to prolong the console's lifespan, since Nintendo releases a 'new' version of their handhelds as often as I butter my toast - incredibly often.

An upgraded processor, a second Circle Pad, and ZL/ZR buttons are more than just "a few changes here and there", those are actually pretty significant things. And I doubt Nintendo would implement them for just a Xenoblade Chronicles port, I have a feeling there's going to be quite a few games that make use of the thing. So I don't expect them to move on to next gen for a few years, with a batch of games releasing in 2015/2016 that would either be exclusives or enhanced.

2017 is probably the right time for next gen. That's likely when both New 3DS and Wii U will run out of games, it would give the 3DS and Wii U decent sized lifespans, but it wouldn't be too long.

^There's really no such thing as running out of games though, it's more about deciding on which console generation to put it on, like Pikmin 3.

The Wii U launched in Winter 2012. Winter 2016 is 4 years. Also, just saying, 8-9 years is too long. I want a steady stream of innovation.

It could even be said that the Wii U lifespan would be even shorter than 3 years in 2016, since almost all the planned Wii U release titles got huge delays. The last planned Wii U release title (Wii Fit U) was released just one year ago.

I get your point. But I doubt that would release a new handheld that soon. But then as long as its backwards compatible they can release new consoles as often as they want. Imagine buying a new nintendo handheld or home console in like 2025 and its all backwards compatible to the nintendo ds or wii. That would be fantastic! - I really hope they will not follow MS or sonys footsteps in this regard...

Just because it's a failure doesn't mean that it has to have just about the longest lifespan ever seen for a Nintendo console. 5 years is considered the norm and I believe that 4 is close enough for respectability to appease the diehard Nintendo fans that supported them this generation (Assuming that they manage to actually keep the software flowing through year 4... if 2016 is largely empty until the successor arrives that Fall, it isn't going to fly well with what amounts to 3 years of real support.).

And don't expect the XB1/PS4 to last as long as the 360/PS3 have done. Unlike the last time around, they approached their hardware with a far more modest approach this time. They won't be dragging it out to the better part of a decade before replacement. It won't be as well suited for that task as the previous generation was where they basically broke the bank with the most powerful hardware that they could create. And they won't need to drag it out due to years of losses early on in their lifespan.

I expect to see the XB1/PS4 replaced in the Fall of 2018, or 2019 at the latest. It won't be in the 2020's. From day 1, high-end PC's have outdone both systems with ease (Consoles that are struggling alarmingly with just meeting the 60 FPS/1080p expectations everyone had for this generation).

Compare that with 2005/2006 where the 360 and PS3 were giving top of the line gaming rigs a real run for their money for quite sometime.

True, I suppose that was a poor choice of words. Still though, I think after the next batch of games they'll probably be shifting to next gen.

So AMD's CFO said a thing. Make that of what you will.

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/12/30/amd-designing-chip-for-a...