Magikrazy said:
I don't see the difference between having a Wii line and having a Game Boy line.
The difference is with the Game Boy, Nintendo didn't basically abandon the system for the last few years before the successor came out.
Seriously, what the fuck came out for the Wii in 2011 and 2012 besides Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Skyward Sword, and Xenoblade?
The Wii was completely
abandoned for a few years and quite frankly, the average consumer (the ones who made it sell over 100 million units), probably stopped giving a damn about the system after a while. Now, I know the Wii did have a large ratio of games per person owning the system, but do you think the parents or grandparents who bought the system in droves because "WOW YOU CAN MOVE THE CONTROLLER AND IT MOVES THE GUY IN THE GAME!" continued to give a shit about the system later on? No, they viewed it as what it was for them, a fad that they maybe used for awhile then got bored and put it in the closet.
And there's also the fact that the Wii name itself is basically
tainted, like do you think an average consumer who knows the Wii as "that motion control thing that we used for a few months that's now in the back of the closet" would give a shit about a new system? No, they have no attachment for Nintendo or the Wii brand, they just bought the Wii cause it was the new hotness.
And even for the average gamer, the Wii brand name brings to mind tacked on waggle controls and absolutely shitty online options and such.
So if Nintendo wants to attract more than the Nintendo faithful with their next system, they
need to drop the Wii branding from the name of the next system
completely.
tl;dr ver: Game Boy wasn't abandoned a few years before successor came out, still had people actually buying and playing it up until the new system came out, etc.