NintenDomination - Sorry VGC, But Your Thread Is In Another Castle

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Captain_Yuri said:

This is slightly off topic to the mobile doom but I think that if the "popular" Nintendo Fusion/NX rumours are true and its essentially a $200 handheld/console or $200 handheld and $100 console that will play the exact same games and they both have the exact same specs, both of those will sell less than the combined total of the wiiU/3ds!

The reasons are that:
a) It will butcher the sales of one of the platforms (most likely the console one) cause there is no reason to get both since both have the same games
b) It will probably be weaker than the wiiU
c) It will have even less third party support than it has now
d) It will look like shit in 4k TVs cause it will probably upscale from 600p or lower

Now the most popular argument is "oh but they will make more games" and while thats true, its only Nintendo games for better or for worse. It should be proven by now that people want third party games... Whether we like it or not, games like Cod, BF, GTA, MGS, FF and etc sells systems and when you don't have those games, it makes your system less compelling to the average user and third parties will not support a system that is weaker than the wiiU and thats not x86... They will only support a console that is close to the other two in terms of performance

And finally, I think that if they do come out with it, by the end of the next generation, they will exit the console market due to the console being an obvious flop. Most people will have no reason to buy a console that will be lucky to do 720p with zero third party support and it has the same games as on its handheld. Instead, most people would rather just buy the handheld and buy a ps5/x2!

A better concept is just having an Unified OS with different specs on both the handheld and console with the console being significantly more powerful than the handheld. And there will be exclusive games catered to the console and handheld that will use its respective strengths. It will still speed up development time and increase games out put while not butchering the sales of one platform cause there will be a reason to buy both. They can and probably will do cross buy on smaller platforms.

Agree or Disagree? Prove my faults if I got any

Your once in a blue moon post in NintenDomination! :P

Anyways, I never liked the idea of a fusion console so I agree to a large extent withyour arguments (no bias here! :P).
Nintendo will have to create a console that is both mobile and powerful enough to be considered a home console so they will have to compromise. That means the fusion will be a weaker portable console that isn't specialized at anything. Of course, Nintendo will have to introduce a new gimmick to the console and could possibly make it worse. Therefore, people will have the choice to purchase a powerful XTwo/PS5, a powerful Phone, or a mediocre Nintendo Fusion. For those who argue that power isn't the main selling point for Nintendo consoles, you are absolutely right. The main reason why the Wii, DS and 3DS does well is because of it's exclusive games. But once Nintendo begins releasing games for the mobile market, the Fusion will seem less attractive.