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se7en7thre3 on 19 January 2016
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Soundwave said:

NX should just end the whole "generation" nonsense. It's stupid to reset your market share to 0 every 5-6 years.

Just make a continually evolving service as the central pillar of the platform and let people upgrade with options over the years on their OWN schedule.

My schedule for wanting/needing a new piece of system is different from someone else's, everyone is different. The game industry should become more flexible like STEAM, iOS, Android, etc. are.

Some people like a new iPhone every 1-2 years, some people use the same smart phone for 4-5 years without complaint.

Look at all this bickering over stupid shit like "I need 5 years! I prefer 4" ... who cares. Nintendo's goal should just to get people into the NX ecosystem in whatever hardware form factor suits that person the best and then sell them freaking games. Remember that? Selling games? Isn't that the damn point? 

The industry is not 90% 7-14 year old boys anymore reliant on mom/dad/saving money in a piggy back to afford a video game; we don't need to be talked down to and told when to upgrade, if game consoles aren't toys anymore, then stop treating us like fucking toy buyers. 

That's what I would like to see. End of all this nonsense and introduce a more democratic model that gives the consumer a say in their own freaking entertainment. What's Nintendo clinging to the old model for anyway? They have basically nothing left in the console market ... a puny little 10 million base of buyers, so why cling to an outdated way of offering hardware to consumers when it doesn't even work for you anymore in the first place. 

If the NX is more of an OS/ unifying platform, that makes sense.  But if NX is a sub brand or product line (like iphone, playstation etc) then it might not work, because if it fails then Nintendo will need the refreshes to change public perception (like with gamecube, Wii U).  

So I like the idea of NX being the quiet, new platform, and foundation moving forward, but Nintendo needs the freedom of releasing any hardware at any time, so if one (or more) hw iteration bombs their business won't be hampered.  The generational approach must die, and Nintendo IMO will flourish in taking more risks every couple yrs, making it more likely for them to hit a wii like "home run".