| dexterlablab1 said:
Last I checked, this article was about whether or not Nintendo should release a system BEFORE the PS5. I mean, that IS what the title says right? I sort of fail to see how I should factor in the other systems when the TOPIC is about Nintendo and Sony systems.
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I made the thread, so I'm pretty sure you absolutely did miss my point. I specifically used the Dreamcast as my example and pointed out the earliest console almost always does more poorly. You focused on the wrong aspect. I only mentioned PS5 because it will be at the start of the next gen.
Releasing a new console too long before the competition means they can easily outdate you, and leaves you open to a mass marketing smear campaign for being a weaker console. The odds of the next Nintendo making its R&D budget back after releasing early is almost nil. We live in an age where resolution and FPS are pushed to people that don't even know what they are. If the Nintendo specs come out a year or two earlier, expect them to be the weakest, period. Nobody wants the weaker console on today's market unless it;s "close enough" and the price is right or it has a magic gimmick.
It's happeded in every single case of the early console, save for the 360. If Nintendo releases a console before the others do next gen, they simply become the first target and the competition builds a machine specifically stronger than it at minimum. An early release now is like telling everyone to kill your next system early because you're stupid, or you think the competition is too retarded to make a better product when given specs they specifically need to beat.
