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Locknuts said:
Guitarguy said:
8.5 gen. I can't see it outperforming the X1 and PS4 by a great enough margin(whilst staying at a resonable price) if they put out a true '9th gen' console so soon. It would be commercial suicide. I really can't see Nintendo putting out a new home console until 2017 anyway.

Pretty much this. All they need is a console that can run 4Bone games at 60fps. Should be easily achievable with a 2017 launch provided they give up on the expensive gimmickry. In fact it should be possible now. I'm kind of shocked at the lack of processing power in the 8th gen consoles.

It has to be notably better then PS4/X1 (1080p, 60fps and graphically superior), like a generation better. Otherwise they're just restricting themselves to the their hardcore audience again (wii U's fanbase). They need to peg themselves as primary console choice for the following 5 years, and so it needs to be an actual successor to the PS4/X1, not just a slightly souped up version. I do think thats possible in 2017 for 399.

Essentially it needs to be the PS2, An undeniable leap over the (PS1/N64-in this case PS4/X1 and at least comparable to the PS5/X2- respectively the Gamecube/Xbox which arrived a year later but beasted the PS2). I think all of the tech demo's that we're being sold now Deep Down reveal, The Devision Reveal, Uncharted Reveal need to be what we're seeing at launch (1080p, 60fps).