| Soundwave said:
The console then basically is a "Vita TV" if it shares the same library (probably a very similar chipset too). Just basically how you define it I guess. I think two screens is actually more expensive today than having one single touch panel too (even at a larger size) because those are more heavily mass produced. I think they will re-release DS and 3DS games to support a single screen and will make a nice mint that way. Backwards compatibility doesn't really make Nintendo money, charging you again to play 5-10 year old games sure does though. I think 3D will be out too. Too expensive, never really has caught on with the general public so much so that they released a 2DS in the West. I think it basically will look like the Wii U tablet ... just not as bulky/clunky/fat with smaller analog nubs. Basically this, just without the 3D Mario:
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It's not at all like the Vita TV, since it will have a monumental gap in power from the handheld, unlike the Vita TV. The handheld will be a bit stronger than the Vita, the console will be a bit stronger than the PS4, and they will still share the same library. The Vita isn't a separate console; it's a Vita with no screen. Nintendo will still have two separate systems at separate price points depending on the power. Handheld at $200 and the console at $300-$400.
They won't rerelease two screen games on one screen systems. It would cost way more money to rebuild an 2-3 entire libraries of games than the return on rebuys would make it worth, and you're damn sure not going to get 3rd parties completely rebuilding their old games when the alternative would require little to no time and money. And they are definitely not rebuilding their library an entire 3rd time, when they've already lost so many consumers from doing it the first time, and when the entire model of the next platform is a unification of all games on all accounts through NNIDs. They aren't gonna turn around and say "but not 3DS, Wii U, or DS! You'll need to rebuy all of those, only they'll be worse with only one screen! :D" If 3D was out, the N3DS wouldn't exist.
That image simply isn't happening. The closest thing to that will be a redesigned gamepad for the new console, and it will definitely not throw away real analog sticks, real triggers, and real bumpers.
None of that is ever happening. Not only is there no market for that; there's a market against that. It would make the Wii U look like Nintendo's most financial console.
