| Mr Khan said: 2016 they enter a "phase out" era with a, perhaps spring, launch of a new handheld (which will have given 3DS a solid 5-year run) which is fully cross-compatible with Wii U games by being as strong as the U. The handheld subs as the gamepad allowing them to sell through the last wave of Wii U's as gamepad-free, and then launch a "successor" which just up-rezzes the handheld games. |
We'll see high end tablets that can match Wii U performance, but with the prices Nintendo targets for it's handhelds it's doubtful you'll see such processors in NextDS.
I also doubt that NextDS will be cross-compatible with Wii U because #1 hell will freeze over before they use a PowerPC CPU in a portable, and #2 there's little point to be compatible with a failed platform with few games.
