Should Nintendo's next console be a microconsole?

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

zorg1000 said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Well, think of the Gamecube... That thing costed $100 and had quite a great library of Nintendo games but that sold poorly which leads me to believe that Nintendo needs something more than just their games and a cheap console in order to sell very high. They either need something like the wii where the concept + marketing + execution came together so well that it sold like cray cray or a standard console where they need both their own games and a strong third party lineup so no, I don't think a Microconsole is the right way to go cause it wont do either

It's not just price but also price compared to competition. For most of its life, GC was only $50 cheaper than PS2/Xbox which both had greater support along with multimedia features such as DVD playback which was a huge deal back in the early 2000s. A $100-150 Nintendo microconsole would be in a completely different price range than a $300-400 Playstation/Xbox.

Well... It came out around the end of 2001 in NA and the price cut was in 2003sh and the wii came out around the end of 2006 so it had ~3 years to make a difference yet it really didnt... I really don't think going another gimmicky route with a Microconsole is the way to go even if it is cheaper

Edit: (If you are responding to this than I will just put it in my next reply)

You also said that it will have close enough hardware to their next gen handheld? If thats the case, they its definatly a vita/vita tv which further proves that your concept will not work. Nintendo handhelds are fairly cheap and if the Micro-console costs only $50 less than the handheld version, no one will sacrafice the portibility of the handheld as well as the touchscreen compatibility for the "TV" experience. Same software + same hardware = butchering sales of one of the platform which seems to be the console one more often than not. The reason why people buy both Nintendo console and handheld is so that they can play different software exclusives to said platform, not to have the same experience across both platforms