You have to love analysts and all their predictions, more so because they have a general rule of suggesting something obvious will happen at some time in the future. Consoles come and go and they go through generations when they stick, it’s therefore not a huge leap to suggest a new Nintendo Wii will be released in a couple of years time.

Evan Wilson, an analyst for Pacific Crest suggests a demand for new hardware around 2010. “We believe that peak industry sales will occur in 2010, given that Microsoft will likely introduce its next console that year and Nintendo will likely launch before then.”

He also suggests new handhelds will be in the offing around that time. I’d tend to think a new DS may even appear before that, perhaps next year some time, but as for the Wii, it’s difficult to just when it will be given an update has been rumored since mid last year. One thing is for sure, gamers will be screaming for certain additions to a new Wii, possibly DVD playback (which was rumored last year) and some region free gaming (unlikely).