Nintendo announces a new home console to cater to the ps/xb audience

[DélioPT]

padib said:

DélioPT said:
Wouldn`t that split the potential userbase for Nintendo consumers?
Wouldn`t that actually imply that all SW would sell less because people wouldn´t pay for two consoles to get all games?

It would, yes. Is that necessarily a bad thing?

It depends how it's marketed. If 3rd parties make games on both, then each console gets enough games to satisfy a type of gamer. Also, most consoles are sold on key sellers, so once that key seller comes out for the respective system, that should move the respective console.

It would be a bad thing because instead of having a big userbase you would have two small ones and each game released could do better and it wouldn`t because most people wouldn`t buy another console for a few games.
3rd parties would suffer more because they already sell the less on Nintendo`s HW. Now try imagining splitting it into two.