Soundwave said:
Nintendo handheld is a console. Nintendo's handhelds became basically consoles a while ago, Nintendo has to put as much development resources into them and they now require all the same games, and the next one is going to have Wii U level power (give or take?)? That's a console. Development resources don't magically change just because the system goes into your pocket. The days when Nintendo could just treat the portable like some little brother device with 1-2 games every 8 months and then put out a Pokemon are long over. I predict the portable NX is likely the heart of the NX line, the "console" will actually be the "kid brother"/companion device going forward, the portable is going to be the main star of the show and its chipset will be the basis of the console to allow for easy sharing of games. The portable is the sun of the NX universe in other words, everything else orbits around it. 3DS killed most/all Wii development too and slowed Wii U dev, lets remember that. There seems to be this impression that Nintendo can just toss together a portable and fart it out to the market with little/no effort ... no chance. A handheld launch from Nintendo now requires the same effort/time/care as a "console", because the handheld line is basically a console. |
I'm with you that NX is a handheld - probably at WiiU levels of power. Creating games at the AAA-level of PS4/X1 require a vastly larger scale of technological resources and in manpower. I don't think Nintendo's right there just yet - so that rules out a new home console. However, they know the technical boundries of WiiU-like hardware, so that's probably where they go approximately for a handheld.
Where you and I may differ is how well WiiU-NX porting goes.
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
