bowserthedog said:
No i don't think it's becoming passe. It's still very common for core gamers to have multiple consoles. There are fans of certain types of games that will buy whatever console they need to buy to play them. Like a JPRG fan will end up having to own a wiiu for Xenoblade. Out in the real world I know very few console owners who only buy one system a generation and these are the guys who play 2 or 3 games a year not the dedicated gamers. Nintendo will have an interesting choice to make next gen though. They can fully carry a console by themselves especially once fusion is in place. Do they focus on that and release a system which is a playstation 4.5 that can be sold at break even or close to it on day one? This route will mean they will likely end up losing cross platform support eventually. Or do they compete againse ps5 and take some financial risk for a potential higher payoff. |
I don't think their Fusion platform will even match up with the PS4.
They don't need third parties for that, and their own designers probably feel like the Wii U as is is a ton of horsepower. All of Nintendo's games look great on the Wii U, even something double the Wii U would likely be more than enough for Nintendo's teams.
Something a decent jump above the Wii U with a low price point, profitable from day 1, easily scalable games (from HH to home), is likely the way they go. In fact I think their next "console" will basically just use the same CPU/GPU as the handheld, it'll just be one with more cores, allowing it to display the same games at 1080p resolution for the TV versus 540p or 720p on the handheld.
I suspect some of their fans with grumble about this and then will see Mario Galaxy 3 and Monster Hunter 5 and what not and be sold, so their opinion doesn't carry a lot of water either IMO.