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Will the NX be less powerfull

Nope, more Powerfull then PS4 187 48.32%
 
It will be between Wii U and Ps4 157 40.57%
 
It will be less powerfull then Wii U 43 11.11%
 
Total:387

Keep in mind:

- "complete new concept"

- Nintendo almost never had success with high end consoles (n64, gamecube); their underpowered + cheap consoles often sold like hotcakes

- Its easier to sell a cheap consoles then an expensive consoles without third party support (People are ok with spening 150 bucks on an 3ds to play pokemon but not 400 bucks on Wii U for Mario Kart/Smash)

- Nintendo usually dont sell consoles at an loss.

- Powerfull Hardware need alot ressources to develop games (modern Ps4 games are ALOT more expensive then old ps2 games, need alot more menpower)

- Nintendos first party studios arnt that big. Their software output will be bigger as weaker the console is.

- Nintendo will show the WII U Version of Zelda at e3. Not the NX Version (Wii U Version might even be graphically superior)

- In the past Nintendo always was more about gimmicks then power

- Release outside holidays in march. A weak + cheap system (like 100-150 bucks) could also be sold as an present for eastern instead of xmas.

- Wont even really have a chance agains Ps4 even with badass hardware (Nintendo already has an bad/underpowerd image, wouldnt change that fast).

- Even the Wii U is still relativly expensive to make (even without gamepad). 

- The Wii U was the most powerfull console from Nov. 2012 - Nov. 2013. Still it failed, even in that time.

 

To be honest it could even be weaker then the wii u. Could easily use some mobile CPU like Snapdragon 810 and thats it.

 

My conecept for NX.

Fusion idea its true and its basically a PS vita (handheld) and Vita TV (home console) but in an more advanced way.



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Probably around the PS4 in terms of power.



I'm fairly certain it'll at least be competent this time around



StarOcean said:
I'm fairly certain it'll at least be competent this time around

That was the Wii U as well. It was the strongest console from Nov. 2012 to Nov. 2013. The weaker Ps3 and Xbox 360 sold more nontheless (even with their successor right around the corner)



Nintendo has a new president now, most of your arguments are invalid just because of that...



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Hopefully.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

It better be at least PS4 levels of power. I don't think it's too expensive to make consoles around that power.



You know it deserves the GOTY.

Come join The 2018 Obscure Game Monthly Review Thread.

I'll be at least more powerful than the Wii U, not sure how it would do compare to the PS4 tho.



                                                                                     

Luke888 said:
Nintendo has a new president now, most of your arguments are invalid just because of that...

nx was planned by iwata. I doubt the new president changed the whole concept just some month after the got the position. That might happen with the NX successor.



"high end consoles" "N64 and GameCube"
What.

Anyway, no, it won't be very powerful, maybe even weaker than PS4, but still more powerful than the Wii U.