| MikeRox said: I think there's too much emphasis on a Micro console being for "mobile" gaming. There is enough grunt in the new mobile chips that by the time Nintendo release their next system, a micro console would be perfectly capable of delivering a comprehensive home console experience for their games. Look at games like Freedom Wars and that's running on 3 year old hardware. Mobile hardware has come on leaps and bounds since the Vita. There would be no need for a microconsole to mean small mobile experiences. However, there would also be no need for Nintendo to deliver a cutting edge state of the art box. I'm more than happy with Nintendo's output on Wii U, I think the hardware is held back by a hugely prohibitive cost of entry compared with it's predecessor. Nintendo's next console needs to have a much friendlier cost of entry. |
Yup you nailed it.
Two Apple A8's in a box would outpace a PS3/Wii U/360 easily, if you put three in a box (still a very low 15 watts power consumption, that's lower any Nintendo console since the N64), it would absolutely demolish a Wii U on performance. There's more than enough horsepower here to make a mindblowing Mario Galaxy 3 that looks better than Mario 3D World and runs at a full 1080p or a huge Monster Hunter 5 or even a "realistic Zelda" with gorgeous visuals.
That's just an example, obviously Nintendo would use a different chip, but even the A8, by 2016 will be a fairly dated piece of tech.
And yeah it'd be cheap, it could start at $199 (or even $179) and scale down to $149.99 or less for the vast majority of its product cycle. Not bad. Way cheaper than where Nintendo is today.
As long as they don't do something stupid with the controller again. I get that Miyamoto seems like he's itching to make another wacky controller, and that's fine honestly (as long as a Classic Controller is also an option), it just can't cost $100 again like the Wii U tablet does. I'd insist on a controller that costs no more than the Wiimote did back in 2006 max.
