CoffeeJanitor
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This is one of the toughest questions they have to answer, and is partially why I think they should consider going toward software only...think about it. Say they hold out and release near the PS4/XBO successors--wait, how do we even know what these will be? Personally I'm not sure if we'll see another traditional console cycle after this. I see streaming tech being integrated, digital dominance, tablet integration...Things are just so up in the air. So if they do decide to go for another home console, I think it needs to be at a standard level of performance in power, network, services etc. or go in the other direction and go extremely cheap. If they ditched out on the hardware side, I think they would find great success on expanded platforms, also allowing them to access where the consumers of tomorrow reside.I think one of the bigger problems people aren't talking enough about is exactly when would be the right time for Nintendo to release a new console?
I already have my personal idea for what their new direction should be for their next console, but when do they release it?
If they do a short life cycle for Wii U (4 years? They can't go earlier than that) that leaves them launching the successor in 2016. Which is probably the prime of the PS4 and Xbone. Does it make sense to launch a new console 2 or even 3 years before the competition?
If they do a standard life cycle for Wii U (5-6 years), that brings them closer to PS5/Xbtwo launch, for sure... but man, I can't imagine having to endure the Wii U for another 4 or 5 years at this point. I don't know what notable software they can possibly have in 2016, let alone 2017 or 2018.
what I'm trying to say is... Nintendo is kinda fucked in this regard. Grind it out, or mercy kill it in 2 years just when PS4/Xbone are hitting their stride?
Anyone have any ideas? lol
I don't know. I just don't know.