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teigaga on 14 December 2014
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Experimental42 said:
Cobretti2 said:
In theory yes it should come out later so it is closer to competition specs.

However I think they will be forced to come out earlier because the sales of Wii U will vanish.

I think they got themselves stuck between generation with the Wii U unfortunately. So their next console assuming it comes out 2017 will be at least 2 years before PS5. They would need to predict what power PS5 will have and try to be reasonable close to it.

However knowing Sony and Microsoft they will see what the next Nintendo console has and just double it lol.


Which is exactly why the next Nintendo console has to wait until the PS5/XB specs are hammered out. Who's going to buy a new Nintendo console when it's more expensive than the PS4, has a smaller library, and know a significantly more powerful system is coming out? The media will jump all over it calling it a failed, DOA console just like they did with the Dreamcast and the Wii U.

If Nintendo releases a new console early and Sony/Ms claim their new system will be X amount more powerful in a couple years, Nintendo's console will f*cking die. Nobody will want to develop for the weaker console, no one will want the weaker games, and the PS5 would likely have a better power to price ratio.

1. Nintendo fans, People wanting better graphics, resolution and fps over PS4 games at the time. 
2. General public aren't aware of consoles way ahead of their actual release like we are.
3. If there is significant time between Nintendo and the others, that would work in their favour similar to the PS1 arriving years ahead of the N64 and gaining tons of momentum before it even saw the light of day.
4. Devs would happily develop on a system more power then the PS4/X1 which will be Nintendo's only competitors on arrival. Once a fair userbase is achieved, Devs aren't gonna abandon them just because more power boxes are arriving in the following year. Similar architecture will ensure this. Nintendo's system will just be the low end PC setting (still look amazing and blow PS4 out the water), versus PS5's mid-range settings (notably better only to the graphcis whore)