Ah, so you're talking about cross gen titles and smaller projects. Those are fine, but not a selling point for a console. I wouldn't say 7th gen is still alive and kicking by any means.

So we are talking about consoles that after 5 years when a new console drops, they can be phased out slower. I can see that. Still, the "need" (though it's honestly more a want of better graphics and performance) for a new console would be 5 - 6 years max. They're also doing that with $400 - $500 consoles, so it doesn't really show a need for a $1000 console either.

This idea somehow resonates for me. It seems to fit with the new membership service they're working on, and a suite of devices rather than one console or one handheld fits the term 'new concept', which was used to describe the NX.

What nintendo need is a console that is more powerful than the current XBO and PS4 and has in technology wise the ability to just scale up from those devices.

Why... well if they release a product that is some weird hybrid, third parties will not make games for it.
If its close to the power of XBO and PS4, no one will care.
They need a device that males 3rd party games look significantly better and allow devs to upscale their games.

Unfortunately I don't think 3rd parties care much for Nintendo and until they sort that out, they will always be on the back foot.

lmao. Or you could just buy a GBA for $40! Anyone who won't shell out $500+ on hardware has no right to play new games!

I do agree but, this could lead to Nintendo's bankruptcy. o.o

I heard that many say the GPU inside the PS4 is a around the performance of a radeon 7850 / 270 or geforce 760 / 660ti / 580 (cards around 160-170$ on newegg).

Alot of people dont have PCs with even that much in terms of GPU performance inside them.

Maybe 2 years from now, you can spend 100$ and get a GPU stronger than the PS4's. Thats still 2years away and a pc upg for most people.

I still dont think the current consoles are weak.

(IF you cannot build a better PC for less than a ps4 costs, then the consols are not weak).

(they are as strong as they can be for their price).

Also both are capable of HSA(L), where you code to make the cpu & gpu work together and use both at the same time for tasks, where it ll do parts of the code on whichever is better suited for the tasks at hand. Once game developers start useing it, they should be able to squeeze out abit more performance from the consols.

My SNES is a 16-bit console that has lasted me around 23 or 24 years. Much longer than I can say an Xbox system would last.

Thankfully none of the current gen systems cost that much :P

Also 4 of those 5 listed systems are still getting new games, pretty much as frequently as the Wii U lol. I'm sure the PS4 will still be thriving at the NX home console arrival just as PS3/360 was at the Wii U's, so same will apply then. 

maybe nintendo should partner up with dell or so for a steam machine version of the next console. play steam games and nintendo games on the same console.

did you forget the billions in losses?