What should Nintendo do?

[Uragan]

@tymyrick

While, the WiiU and the 2DS may not have been the successes Nintendo were hoping for, there is no reason to think the next console or handheld won’t be.

The problem with Nintendo and their console business is as I stated before:

@Uragan

If Nintendo continues to support the WiiU, then they’re pumping money into a dead console, so that’s money just down the drain. If they decide to pull support for the WiiU, then they have to spend a LOT of money to do a crash development of a new console which would put them in the same position they were with the WiiU in the first place, releasing a console mid-generation cycle. Also, if the PS4 and the XboxOne are to last a seven year cycle, then Nintendo would have to wait approximately seven or so years to release a new console which takes even more potential money out of their coffers in the meantime.

While their next console may be “successful”, Nintendo would take a huge hit in any of the three options that they would have to take. Plus, you’d have to assume that Nintendo would learn the lessons from the failures of the N64, Gamecube and the WiiU.