Nintendo are in a really bad position with NX because of the Wii U. The Wii U was underpowered compared to the PS4 and Xbox One so it did not get a majority of 3rd party games and developers quickly stopped developing for it because they didn't want to downgrade their games, which led to a huge software drought since a lot of first party games weren't there on time. All of this led to the Wii U not having good sales and now they are quickly just trying to move on from it with NX.

Now here's the thing. Let's say they launch the NX in like 2016-2017 and that it IS a home console and not a handheld. The PS4 and Xbox One launched in 2013 so that would be their 4th-5th year in the cycle. The NX would obviously be considered a part of the 9th gen consoles, but what happens when the PS5 and Xbox Two release and the NX might be way too underpowered compared to them again because it released earlier. It will be the exact same situation as the Wii U.

I know this is kind of too early to say since we should wait till the NX is actually revealed first and what it actually is, but still. This situation could very easily happen again if Nintendo don't think about it properly.

You know when it comes to Nintendo hardware, my test would be pretty easy. I want a system that plays Nintendo games and is strong enough that it gets the 3rd party ports so I don't have to go elsewhere to play them. I was hoping that Wii U would be that system but it didn't happen.

If NX is more of the same, then it will be a tough sell to me. The sad thing is that PS4 isn't really all that powerful of hardware.

I thought at one piece of hardware that is a handheld and a home console at the same time.

Also, we have this AMD statement from 6 months ago, I dont idea what exactly would be.

We would have at least one to two semi-custom design wins and I’m pleased to report that we have those design wins, the work to design the products that has already started, the contract assigned and those parts get introduced in 2016.

We didn’t say at which space it is in. I’m not going to give too much detail. I’ll say that one is x86 and one is ARM, and atleast one will be on gaming, right. But that’s about as much as you going to get out me today, because the customers from the standpoint to be fair to them. It is their product. They launch it. They announce it and then just like the game console or the parts you find out that its AMD’s APU that’s been used in those products.

Totally agree!

Just have to wait and see- what Nintendo does with their next move will be crucial, because they cannot afford another Wii U. Even with the 3DS doing well, it wasn't doing well enough to keep the company afloat like the Gameboys did when Nintendo found itself having some trouble with the N64 and Gamecube- which were still seeing some success compared to the Wii U... 

Now if NX does fail, I foresee them walking down the same path as Sony- they'll release their games on other consoles, and the quality will just go into decline while other series, that they publish rise to fame- ie think Yakuza. 

Well, if the rumor is true, this probably confirms that either 1) It's a handheld, 2) It's not a 9th gen console, just an additional thing alongside the Wii U and 3DS, 3) The NX is a hybird and this is the handheld side or something.

I am going with #2.

If Nintendo doesn't make their next home console as powerful as the competition, they will fall... period. I hope for their sake, and my own (Nintendo fan since 1986) that they rethink this epic blunder. There IS no Wii 2 situation. They will either compete, or die.

A couple of years ago, I ended up formulating that one of the ways that Nintendo could save their handheld business, when things were going rough for the 3DS at first, with the rise of phones and tablets, is to create a SoC with a DRM specific to their software, that phone/tablet makers could buy and incorporate into their devices. The games would run primarily on this SoC, and phone/tablet makers would be able to advertise this feature and gain an extra $20 to $40 per device. 

Nintendo could then release iterations of the SoC every three years helping to keep things current- and for new phones that met the specs of the SoC, during it's 2nd or last year, they could simply license the drm and emulate the games. 

lol can you get any more ridiculous?

There is no NX stuff, NX WASN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED YET. no word if it is a portable or home console. If it were to be a wii u sucessor, it will release 4 years after wii u AT THE EARLIEST, making it just a little sooner than usual.

wii u is exactly that but thirds are unprofessional.