| WhiteEaglePL said: """There has been quite a bit discussion lately about Nintendo's next-gen devices and many people, myself included, believe Nintendo is going to unify the handheld and console by releasing two seperate devices with the same architecture and OS with similar specs that will allow all games to be played on either platform."""" This. I think the handheld will be at least 2x powerful than the 3DS and have HD. While the home console will be at least the power of Ps5/Xbox Two .........or bigger and YET the cheapest console by at least 50$£. Well - I hope it will be like that. |
That seems very unlikely. For Nintendo to release their console first (which seems likely) and it be equal/stronger than the PS5/XTwo, maintain backwards compatibility and have a cross platform architecture, they will either have to take a massive loss on hardware or price it as a premium product. Both of those would be pretty dumb.
Not to mention it would make porting between their handheld and home console very difficult. I'm personally expecting their next handheld to be between the Vita and PS3 (assuming they want it to be priced well). Porting a game between a 9th gen system and sub-7th gen handheld would be like trying to get inFamous:SS to run on the PSP. Sharing an architecture can only help so much.
I think their best bet would be a slightly sub-7th gen handheld and a X1 level home console. It would allow for a cheap price point, linear graphics scaling would be simple (providing they avoid any advanced 8th gen tech) and it would be a significant jump over their previous consoles. Who knows what they will really do... :p
