zorg1000 said:
Haha wow, u summed my 6 posts up in one little graph One thing I find really interesting is that despite Nintendo home consoles consistantly declining, the total hardware & software sales remained roughly the same. That's a big reason I feel Nintendo should unify their handhelds and consoles. |
Yes, actually it feels like Nintendo install base didn't get smaller from their 1st to 4th gen, it's more like they shifted preference from home consoles to handleds. The only true decline is the one we see today (sadly).
I agree they should unify architecture, unifying consoles... I'm not sure. Keep in mind many Nintendo home consoles owners are also Nintendo handleds owners. If you unify everything on one console and this console happens not to be attractive enough to draw new users, you might just lose sales.
edit: A possible solution could be to have 60% of their output multiplatform -the same game works for both handled and home console- (Most mario games, 2D games, smash bros, etc.), 20% handled exclusive (pokemon), 20% home console exclusive (3D zelda, 3D metroid), something like that.
