Nintendo : La durée de vie des consoles est un non-sens

In his interview with the BBC, Nintendo's global president Satoru Iwata dismissed his rivals' talk about consoles lifespan and considered it "nonsense" and "irrelevant".

"After all, the primary concern is not to let consumers purchase hardware but to enjoy software," was Iwata's words.

So when to release a new console? According to Mr. Iwata, "However hard our software developers try to create new and unprecedented titles with great ideas eventually there will be a day when devs will say they have no more means with that hardware. That's exactly the time we need to introduce people to new hardware. We do want to be flexible about this".