Wyrdness said:
A post from the OP himself "Well anything can play third party games. The Wii U can play third party games. This is operating under the assumption that it's a hardware that's only a minor bump from the Wii U (as the Wii was from the GameCube) but has the added functionailty of real portable play. " So no you're wrong in how you read the post as this flat out proves you wrong on that account, no one knew whether motion controls would be a huge success either difference with a hybrid system is that the portable market has a clearer path then what the Wii did so it's a good time to take the risk then when the is actual hot competition in the like with consoles. Your part on new IPs is a strawman argument as the point of one platform is to remove the need to create new installements of the same franchise for two platforms, you'd only have one MK and so on which would free up the teams for other ventures and franchises, that's the whole point. They can't do that as much now because once 3D Mario is done for handheld it then has to be done for console for example. Yes a hybrid console would attract third parties more then a far more powerful Wii U successor you know why? The portable market, 3DS has already proven that developers are more keen to develop for it then Nintendo's consoles, Square has like7 games on 3DS including a DQVII Remake and a KH game but only one on Wii U. Your whole attempt to say no one develops for handhelds is laughable it's like you improvized any old argument because for a start portable gaming in Japan is far from niche with around 20m 3DS' sold that part alone blows your whole stance to bits heck even Vita is doing well there. Games like MHX, Bravely Second, Yokai Series, DQVIII, Theartrythm Series etc... highlight that eastern developers are still very much on board, western developers have never been keen on portables to begin with so that makes little difference and no Indies don't just stick to one platform in fact it's the opposite in where they want to hit as many platforms as possible. The's only one alternative to Nintendo portables in Vita and that doesn't get the likes of Pokemon and such which are the heavy hitters in the market, if half of 3DS owners bought NX it would more successful then Wii U, GC and N64. Only Wii, NES and SNES as home consoles would have sold more, Their home consoles are inconsistent in performance but their portables are consistent each hitting at least 50m which if the NX is a hybrid and hits that mark that's more then even the SNES. I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed the portable side of things and let the console side of things just ride the success. |
But you are agreeing with me, no one knew if motion controls would work and no one knows if the supposed hybrid device will work too. Until someone does it, it's only a bet that can prove a success or a failure.
And now, allow me to ask you to reread my post as you asked me to reread the OP. I never said that handheld gaming was niche in Japan, I said that console gaming is niche. And then you just go and agree with me that NX will only have the same support 3DS and WiiU have, not more. Thanks.
Also, I said that indie seems to work first on one platform (their main one), and once they have launched it, then port it to all the other platforms that they can. And, I also said that they are already developing for WiiU and 3DS, so NX won't improve that either.
Trying to use nombers on a sales focused site... Nintendo64 sold 32 millions, that's more than half of 3DS, although the handheld will end beating her too. And yes, so far every Nintendo handheld has sold more than 50millions, but if we look at the pattern (GameBoy_ 119 mil, GameBoy Advance_ 82mil, Nintendo DS_ 155mil and Nintendo 3DS_ 53mil and rising), NX doesn't have those sales guaranteed.
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