How do you mean that it would make things easier for Nintendo? I see one (two) big advantagese for having two different devices; they'd make more money. Even if both consoles shares the majority of games between them, having two distinkt consoles would mean Nintendo can make exclusive titles for both and thus having people double dipping.

As Iwata reference family of devices the expression don't put all your eggs in one basket comes to mind, not only can they focus on making each platform as good as they can to their strengths one platform having any difficulty wouldn't impact the other as much even though they'd share the same ecosystem and library.

By making the ecosystem the platform much like IOS instead of merging the hardware into one separate dedicated devices can be built to the best of their strengths and aims rather than having the goals and restrictions of HH and HC conflict.

Yes, I agree. And this would also explain why all the retail reps are being trained together; this ecosystem of family consoles would need extra clarification and explanation.

I dont at all that reference "family of devices" has anuthing with "don't put all your eggs in one basket", Iwata in that time just said that they were thinking about unifed platform and same eco system, like iOS and Android. But it seem after that they decided that is better than in middle of generation release hybrid device instead separate handheld and separate home console, Iwat year later said: "still, I am not sure if the form factor (the size and configuration of the hardware) will be integrated" and "Whether we will ultimately need just one device will be determined by what consumers demand in the future, and that is not something we know at the moment."

And why would portable need 1 TFLOPS of power!?

Its not about porting home games on handheld, its about to have one product that is appealing for handheld and home audience and about having development just for that one device.

Biggest problem was for Nintendo is developing games and support of two different platforms in same time, but second problem is to release appealing product in middle of generation, and seems that hybrid device is answer for both problems.

I think that also, expect they are basically same but detachable product, mobile unit and base unit in same package (hybrid of home console and handheld), not totally separate home console and totally separate handheld.

Mate you believe what you want, having only one device as a hybrid is putting all their egss in one basket as everything is then riding on that one device doing well, if it turns out flawed the only saving grace is that the would be no competition in the portable market. A family of devices doesn't have this problem and fits in with the IOS and Android reference much better than a hybrid device does.

Miyamotoo, i just say tegra X is bad choice for HH... HH need 50 to 100 GFLOPS... No more... there is a lot of better solutions... DMP, Samsung, snapdragon...

Doesn't matter at all if Nintendo think that it's better to release hybrid device in middle of generation than new home console and new handheld. Like I wrote, year after mention of "family of devices", they talked about possibility of integrated form factor and just one device.

Depends of purpose of handheld, Tegra can provide around 3x more powerful than Wii U, and all rumours saying that NX is Nvidia Tegra based.

Someone probably said this but I'm gonna back them up. Nintendo needs to reveal the NX before the Christmas season so consumers won't spend most of their money on the holidays and be very hesitant to buy another electronic priced over $200. So I think NX reveal before January is 100% possible.