thismeintiel said:
Hardly. If it truly is what the rumors are, that the same games can be played across both platforms (and if Nintendo is going to sell them seperately), then there will be little to no reason to get the home console version. It'll be worse than this gen. Their home console will sell only to the more diehard Nintendo fans, while anyone else who is even interested in those games will buy the HH version. And with the possibility of the HH market decreasing even more next gen, their HH version may sell worse than the 3DS. |
I agree that PS2 level sales is very optimistic but it's completely possible this approach could sell better than 3DS+Wii U. For one, they don't have to seperate software development between two seperate pieces of hardware. The 3DS early drought and poor sales caused Nintendo to divert resources to 3DS to start pumping out more games which hurt Wii U early software output and sales, once they started to divert resources back to Wii U, 3DS started to suffer by 2014 having much lower software output compared to the previous year.
This type of situation no longer exists because they are essentially developing games for a single platform, meaning no more droughts and the ability to create new ip at a faster rate which increases their chances of creating the next big craze among kids like Pokemon/Skylanders/Minecraft. Also they will be able to spend all marketing/advertising resources to basically a single platform meaning the possibility for more brand awareness.
Also if they get launch price right and give them names that don't make people think they are revisions/add-ons for previous devices than that will benefit them as well.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
