spemanig said:
| Soundwave said:
Well the Wii U results speak for themselves, not only did Nintendo manage to make a console only moderately more powerful than a 7 year old XBox 360, they managed to lose money on it too.
It's time to stop making hardware based on niche ideas ... like backwards compatibility and having a console that's small and only runs at 33 watts because Japanese housewives and eco-friendlies that like low power consumption. The general gaming audience doesn't give a f*ck, yet Nintendo expended all that effort into these areas that yielded a more expensive console to mass produce.
If they want to make a console for an audience of like 10 million people though, that's their business. It's just not very good business.
There's really only 10 Wii U games that maybe are worthwhile in terms of having for BC anyway -- Mario 3D World, DKC, MK8, Smash, Zelda U, Xenoblade, Bayo 2, Splatoon ... the rest really ... if you can't live without Mario & Sonic Sochii games ... c'mon. If they can create some dev tools that make it easier to port the 10 or so Wii U games that the masses really give a crap about, then it's better to simply go with the most cost effective for power chip.
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BC is not a niche idea. It's an idea that PC's and smartphones use to universal success. You don't get to chose what games are "worthwhile." Any game someone purchases is worthwhile when it comes to BC.
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Backwards compatibility with the Wii U is a niche idea. It's a niche library. Nintendo can't make decisions based on the 10 people who just can't live their lives without playing "random Wii U game that no one bought the first time around".
If they can create some dev tools that makes for easier porting then they can take the 10-12 Wii U games really worth porting, and port those, maybe just hire one team to handle all that and leave it that.
Choosing a more expensive/less efficient CPU or GPU for this reason ... well, lets just say if they do that, then Nintendo really has no right to complain about hardware costs biting them in the ass later on. You make stupid decisions, be prepared to pay the piper.
PS4 has no backwards compatibility yet its kicking the Wii U's ass every which way. It's a nice to have, it's not a must have.
Smartphone apps are a different story as people rely on a lot of those apps for their day to day productivity. Not having Facebook on their phone or something all of the sudden would wreak havoc for some people's lives, not being able to play Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge on the new Nintendo console ... not such a big issue.
