Nintendo Won't Release New Video Game Console -Nikkei

[A Black Falcon]

X-Box Next and PS3 won't be out till '06 is the thinking now, for one. For another I very, very strongly doubt that Nintendo is not going to make a N5... yes, they like peripherals, but is that a good idea? Peripherals never sell well... games which require peripherals only sell okay if they include said peripheral. And people only want so many weird games with strange controls, they want the latest and greatest cool-graphics (and most advanced gameplay) games too...

I also just have trouble believing that they think people think graphics are good enough. Well maybe they do today but they won't in a couple of years when they see what they can do... I don't think even Nintendo is THIS stupid. I don't believe it. Especially given how they've said they can't fall behind Sony and launching late was a big mistake...

Now maybe they will do this for the next two years (to early '06 when maybe the next consoles will start to come out), I could see that... Nintendo likes to do odd things after all. But I do think that when the other two come out Nintendo will be there too... and hopefully with a console and a plan that will take North America, and what North American gamers want, into much better account. Nintendo can't coast on its base and ignore what the market really wants (on numerous issues) forever...