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HappySqurriel on 14 November 2010
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IamAwsome said:
Jumpin said:

The argument is making a lot of assumptions that we know are going to be false. Who says Nintendo is going to have no western support next generation, no focus on online gaming, and will bring nothing new to the table?

 

Until the 3DS was known of, who would have ever thought that Nintendo was going to release a handheld that can be very easily seen as potentially more successful than the original DS. When Nintendo unveils the next console, it is going to do everything that the consoles today do, but it will have some unique features that the others won't. Nintendo is in a position where they do not have to worry about releasing a filler console like the Gamecube; and they are going into the next generation with a namebrand FAR larger than the namebrand they had going into the original DS.

 

I can't see PS4, PSP2, or Xbox 720 doing as well as they did this generation; they certainly will not be starting the next generation with the same level of developer commitment that they had this generation; Nintendo grabbed a lot of that; and now they're moving to Nintendo, starting with 3DS.

You are right. I can see the next console having one hell of an online service, porbably not as good as PSN but good. As for western 3rd parties, most developers will support it, but specific devs like Rockstar, and Bethsada may not (Did they support the GCN?)

The Nintendo brand is larger, and that will help attract gamers gooing forward, but there is still one  problem, the PSP2. Only god knows what Sony is doing, and if the 3DS makes it to stores first, nothing will stop Sony from releasing a better handheld. Just like they eliminated the Dreamcast, they could eliminate the 3DS.

As much as Dreamcast fans like to blame the hype for the PS2 having killed the Dreamcast, Sega effectively destroyed confidence in their brand with how they handled the Sega CD, Sega 32X and Sega Saturn. No one (except a handful of Sega fanboys) had any confidence that the Dreamcast would have games being released for it 36 months after it launched, and because of that few people were willing to commit to buying the Dreamcast.

Right now the Nintendo DS is the best selling system ever, and confidence with Nintendo is at an all time high; in contrast confidence in the PSP is not particularly strong. What this means is that it is impossible for the PSP2 to have an impact on the 3DS to have it not be a highly successful console.