I still think we are on the verge of a jump in mobile quality. This thing has another 2 years before it might hit the market and if you look at the Vita, which released 3 years ago and was almost as powerful as a PS3, I don't see why a handheld couldn't pull off Wii U level. Chips are getting not only more powerful but cooler and more energy efficient at the same time. Do you know what kind of difference that makes for a handheld? Smaller devices are getting closer to parity with larger devices because of that.
Combining two hardware devices into one won't destroy or isolate a market. All it will do is add portability to one and TV support to another while under one software development environment. It saves money and adds value. Providing hardware that is both impressive and functional is the tough part. If they can't develop that then it will bomb, though it could bomb for other reasons due to image or marketing. Even if its home use counterpart isn't a hit against tough competition, they can just lean on the handheld popularity and have its home ability be the bonus. Regardless I don't know if Nintendo is going to take dedicated home consoles seriously and even if they did try to create a powerful device that separates it from what ever handhelds are capable it could cause huge losses, not just financial but continuing a PR issue that could effect their company in every other aspect. Seems like going full boar with a handheld that you can use as a home console and ditching their home console only device is a decent strategy for them right now. My idea with it being a Wii U is simply to avoid killing off the Wii U early when they release the NX. Maybe releasing in 2017 won't be too early to kill off the Wii U though...I wouldn't be announcing a successor this soon though even if it is just a code name.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
