Iwata: No More Separate Gaming Platforms From Nintendo

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Soundwave said:

Nope, I think the next set of Nintendo gaming hardware will "break" this tradition of the home console being the "main" platform. Next time around the handheld is going to be the main console. The home console will be dramatically reimagined to be a companion for the handheld. 

And yes, I think it will be a mind f*ck for certain Nintendo fans for a couple of days, but they'll get over their boo hooing, just like originally when Project: Revolution was announced most Nintendo fans played up the idea that it would have graphics parity with the PS3/360 just in SD resolution or some nonsense. 

They couldn't understand the concept behind the machine though until it was shown and explained to them clearly, that the Wii was a different console that didn't adhere to the preconceived notion of each console being a quantum leap in processing power but was focused on something else entirely. 

We'll see, but unlike the home console market (for which we still don't know what will happen), it's clear that the handheld market has shrunk in the last years. The 3DS won't sell anything close to the DS and also a lot less than the Advance, and that's whit the little competition that Vita offers.

Betting their success on that market could prove a very, very risky move. Very rewarding if the succeed, but catastrophic if they don't.

But you may be right, Nintendo is the kind of Co. that would take that risk.