Soundwave said:
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
| 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.
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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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I doubt it. It would have the best multi-plat versions of a lot of games, especially as developers start pushing the better PC cards, they'll find that the PS4/X1 can't do a lot of those games justice without compromise. The Wii U would be the one with a niche audience.
I think it would actually probably extend the software life of the Wii U too, because Nintendo could then afford to continue making games with Wii U as the base version and just up-porting them to the new platform for a longer time. Whereas now, lets be honest, Nintendo is likely to drop the Wii U like bad habit after 2015.
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The definetive non-existent versions of multiplats. -500 Developer Support, -900 Consumer Support, +2 Nintendo Niche
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