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| Einsam_Delphin said: 2.) They accept their niche status in the home console market. Their next system will only be slighty more powerful than Wii U, but it will launch at $200. Most of their resources will then go towards expanding and creating more development teams, so that they can fully support their system without the need of 3rd partys. |
Which is probably the best option and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Even if they did build a machine on par with what Sony and Microsoft produce, at best it would be splitting that market three ways. Having third party support would help move units, of course, but Nintendo doesn't really develop any exclusives that compete directly with the Uncharteds and the Halos of the world. Most of the people buying that powerful Nintendo console would be the same people buying the low-power Nintendo console.
I think they're simply better off staying niche with a cheaper console sold at a clear profit. The hard part would be convincing Nintendo fanatics that it's okay being "number 3", if that's how it turns out.
I'll be interested to see if they stay with the current business model of gambling big on innovative/gimmicky hardware. We've seen both the plus side of that and the negative side of that in successive generations. Personally, I think the odds point to more hits than misses with that approach. It's probably better to keep building on your hits.
