| Soundwave said:
Assuming there is no expensive gimmick controller to weight the price of the console down, I'd say Nintendo could sell such a console in the $349.99 launch price range at cost/modest profit in time for late 2015. Why would the core demographic chose a Nintendo console? Well a lot of them wouldn't, but that's a bit besides the point, Nintendo's goal there wouldn't be to beat the PS4, just to ensure themselves a decent slice of the pie and I think there is enough weakness in what Microsoft has done that a door could open for Nintendo. Something 3x more powerful than an X1 + free online play + the bonus of a few core Nintendo IP that players may still have a soft spot for (ie: Zelda or Metroid) could make for a more attractive proposition than an X1. If they could sell 30-35 million of this 'high end' variant and another 18 million Wii Us ... suddenly that's almost 50 million consoles that Nintendo has to sell a game like Zelda U to ... which sure beats the grim scenario they're looking at right now. |
It would flop, I'm talking sub-Ouya sales. Only the Niche, Niche Audience would buy it, and it would euthanize the Wii U.
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