Will Nintendo debut new tech half way through this gen??

[Seece]

Mr Khan said:

Seece said:

Nem said:

Doubt it. Nintendo has been showing they are slow to react and doing that would be a terrible mistake in the first place. So, unless they somehow plan to unite their portable and home console markets, its just not likely.

Assumptions that having a new console that is more powerful would land better support are highly unfounded. The Vita waves.

Totally agree, it wouldn't do a whole lot for Nintendo as it's only partially the problem. Like I said in the OP, their best bet going forward is to unify their handheld and home console. With 3DS coming in 2010? Maybe we'll see that sooner than they anticpated.

2011

Though that is the solution that has been most discussed, due to technological feasibility and how it would fix their game output problem (in part. Second part is buying more studios or forging more partnerships)

It would be incredibly interesting to watch, would handheld only buyers be put off or still buy and vice verser for home consoles. Overall sales would be down because it's being sold as 1 item rather than 2, but it could prove to almost guarantee an acceptable level of sales (50m+) as no way would a Nintendo handheld and home console in the same gen do less than that.

If I were Nintendo that would be my plan of action, that and buying up a few western parties, maturing the company image (not at the expense of their IPS tho) and would allow NoE and NoA to have more say in things.