JWeinCom said:
Good points (Didn't want to copy the whole text from both of us) and I think this here sums it up. Right now it's not best to be marketed as a tablet, but next-gen tech imo can easily solve all of these problems except for the app store, which I would agree has no incentive for developers to create on if it's not a popular system. I do not think, however, that Nintendo will give up the gamepad idea considering all the talk of merging the mobile and console departments.
Keeping in mind the diminishing retruns of technological improvements (think Graphics, or even OS speed), I think the more important question is where will the leaders of current tablet technology take tablets?
Why? Because unless they innovate then companies like Nintendo will easily be able to catch up just like the difference in Graphics between Wii U and XboxONE/PS4 is not as big as it was between Wii and 360/PS4. If tablets find new ways to be utilized with increased speed/memory/pixels/etc. then Nintendo will keep playing catch up. But has tablet use really innovated a whole lot since their original introduction? I argue no, which leaves the door open for disruption...
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Definitely a fair point about the progression of tablets which has been too slow. But, Nintendo makes a new game console every 5 years. Even IF Nintendo made an amazing tablet that revolutionized the industry, other companies could adapt far more quickly based on their yearly business model
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With the home consoles, yes. But with the mobile consoles they seem to be willing to make a new updated piece of hardware every 2 years or so (why they don't do this with the home console I'm not quite sure).
I want to see how this merging of the two departments comes together. Because if they do merge in some fashion then maybe updated console hardware throughout the generation will be possible. Graphics can't change, true, but other things can. Which aspects can I can't say I'm totally sure of...
