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CarcharodonKraz on 21 July 2013
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Soundwave said:
CarcharodonKraz said:
your idea is intriguing if not a bit left field. This move would allow them to combine all handheld and console titles into one platform. The caveat, however, is they'd be sacrificing the ability to make a game using the power of a home console. A zelda on a 3ds will never have the "potential epicness" as a zelda on a wii-u. Also, there is this setback. I've never owned a handheld gaming device. I don't like smartphones. I don't game on smart phones. I've owned every nintendo home console to date. Again it's an interesting idea, but i'd probably be pretty bummed.
p.s. i don't ever want a system that is dedicated to downloads only. Hard drives crash. A disc kept in good condition is always good.

A tablet style device in a few years could theoretically be about as powerful as the Wii U and to me it seems like Nintendo has little/no interest in going beyond that for visual capability/game budget. Most of their Wii U games look nice, but for instance X is the only one that seems like it's making the Wii U hardware sweat at all.

Discs are done as a physical media after this gen IMO. Even if you want a physical media, 32GB/64GB cartridge/cards ala the 3DS/Vita should be available for cheap. The Wii U discs are 25GB only for instance.


A tablet can actually be more powerful than a wii-u right now, but now we're getting into another subject: pricepoint.  i think a retail version of this theoretical system/controller combo would be around 400$.  In a few years that may come down, but then it would be pretty out of date compare to ps4/xb1 to be just coming out. ps5/xb2 vs nintablet?  sounds a bit rediculous now; then again were talking about 9th generation and really we don't have nearly enough info to make any real predictions/judgements.