RolStoppable said:
HoloDust said:
I'm really looking forward to see if they can pull off both third-party friendly console architecture that is scalable enough for their next handheld - which will be quite a task, if they decide to pursue that path.
Considering that next gen PS and XBox are expected to have around (current tech) 15TFLOPS GPUs, IMO, Nintendo can't go under at least 5TFLOPS if they expect 3rd parties to relatively easily port their games - and that would, again IMO, call for handheld that is at least as powerful as iPad Air 2 or nVidia Shield Tablet (or maybe even more).
Needless to say, in this scenario, both console and handheld would be fairly expensive for Nintendo's design philosophy, so I'm more inclined to believe that we will see less powerful hardware, and most likely again lack of 3rd party support.
Honestly, I'm hoping I'm dead wrong and they eventually manage to make something that is scalable, yet powerful enough for 3rd parties. |
Not sure why multiplatform games should be a concern when:
1. They don't move Nintendo hardware.
2. Quite a few third parties outright dismiss development for a Nintendo system, regardless of specs.
Which basically means that lack of third party support on some level is always a given.
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Well, unless they can pull a Wii type surprise every gen, IMO, it wouldn't be such a bad idea for them to reconsider their overall strategy, image and how much 3rd party support is essential for mainstream gamers.
In my view, they still have pre-teen audience pretty much locked (at least in home consoles), but, except for Nintendo fans, they pretty much lost T+ audience to MSony. Considering they don't make/publish much games that caters to that audience, 3rd parties are the way for them to make a console that is famlily oriented - and by that I mean console that has games for little kids, teens and parents as well.
But as I said, I fully expect them to ignore 3rd party requirements next time too, but hoping I'm wrong on that as well.
