Iwata: No More Separate Gaming Platforms From Nintendo

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padib said:

Soundwave said:

Nintendo stopped competing with Sony/MS a long, long time ago (in a direct way anyhow). 

I wouldn't be surprised if some of Yamauchi's final commands to Iwata were to never, ever (under any circumstances) get into a 1-on-1 battle with Sony or especially Microsoft. 

Mobile parts are getting pretty darn powerful these days though, but if you want top of the line graphics performance, that's just not going to be Nintendo. Time to just accept that and move on. 

It's much more about profitability than about competing with Sony or MS.

From all the plethora of interviews and statements by Nintendo, it's pretty clear that they avoided the HD era to keep dev costs low for themselves and for 3rd parties. It has nothing to do with Sony or MS but about profitability.

If the systems end up meeting in performance due to a slowdown in technological advancements for graphics, then Nintendo will compete with Sony or MS if the business is sound to them.

I don't think Nintendo has any interest in megabudget graphic driven games really either ... if the Wii U was magically as powerful as the PS4, I'd recoken that something like Mario 3D World would pretty much look the same, they would just use the extra horsepower to run it in 1080p with FSAA but that's about it.