In Theory: Nintendo's next-gen hardware - and the strategy behind it

[Lonely_Dolphin]

spemanig said:

Einsam_Delphin said:
Whatever they do they just can't launch hardware at anything more than $199.99, even if it means dropping backwards compatibility (outside of the VC of course) and stuff like 3D n the gamepad.

Nintendo's not going to launch a new console for that cheap and risk having an even more underpowered console, and they aren't going to release a new console with architecture meant to "absorb the wii u's architecture," but not make it backwards compatable, which means the gamepad is hear to stay as well.

I'm in the camp that believes it's futile for Nintendo to try and get third party back, which btw is even more risky since their console would be more costly, so when third party's don't bite, you have the Wii U 2.