What reason do u have for not wanting Nintendo to unify their platforms?

[Frogger]

RolStoppable said:

First off, the price of the hardware (Wii U and 3DS) is a problem because Nintendo messed up badly. This could be rectified by not making braindead decisions for future hardware. Nevermind that people had no problem to put down $400 for a Wii and a DS, so price isn't really such a big issue as you make it out to be.

Secondly, the reason why Nintendo should not entirely unify their platforms is because it would hold back both devices. Neither one would be allowed to do something that the other can't and that would be lame. Nintendo would forego having unique selling points, so the likely result would be that their overall hardware sales go down because people who used to own both devices before would now only own one.

It worked out fine for the ipad. I really don't think that's really an issue. People would buy the handheld if they want to play their games on the go. That's it. I think there are a lot more people who would buy both for those reasons alone. Anecdotally, if I could play the next console Metroid game on the go, with cross save alowing me to pick up from where I left off, that would sell me the handheld right there. If I could play the next Pokemon game on my home console, and the game was made to be a satisfying home experience because of that, that's reason enough to own the home console for me. I'd already buy all those games anyway. I'd only be interested in the hardware for the luxury at that point. And I think that for every person they lose who doesn't care about that luxury, they gain someone who does.