Rhonin the wizard said:
I'm not going to bother to reply to everything, because I realise there is no way I can change your mind. However, answer me this, why would Nintendo give up on one of their biggest strengths, being an integrated hardware and software company, add the fact that they make profit from hardware and royalty fees, for this move? Because I can't think of how they would benefit from this. And I don't believe this would get rid of consumer confusion, rather it would increase it, because there could be about a dozen variations each with different functions. And there already exists a platform like the one you are describing, it's called a PC. |
With one basic console made in different variations that can all play the same games, Nintendo would essentially double if not triple their potential customer base for software sales. Not to mention they could still produce their own version of this one console, or their own add-ons and make money off of those sales. Most of the money would be made off of software, where everyone knows that's the biggest money maker anyway.
I agree it may cause some confusion when making the decision from say 12 different variations of the same console, but the consumer would no longer have to worry about which games work and which friends he will be able to play with, so in the end regardless of what they choose, they will be able to do these important things no matter what.
This is why the PC is so successful and if consoles really want to take a jab into the PC's huge gaming market, this is the way to go.
