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

[zorg1000]

mountaindewslave said:

zorg1000 said:

Just like the last 3 out of 4 Nintendo consoles, which all failed to get more than 20% marketshare?

Also that's not a real reason for not wanting a completely unified ecosystem.

marketshare isn't everything, the PS2 is the best selling system ever yet despite Nintnedo only getting a fraction of the market from their console in that generation (the Gamecube) they made much more $$$$ money than Sony did from its gaming division in that period

 

in terms profit and company success marketshare isn't everything

 

I think it would be smart to make the console and handheld compatible with one another game wise, however I think it would be a terrible decision to have the console side of that not remain competitive graphicly speaking. it would be unacceptable. people want improvements they don't want 10 year old technology in a future console

I agree with u that profits are much, much more important that marketshare but the post I was replying to said that such a device would get crushed so I was just pointing out to him that 3/4 of Nintendo's most recent consoles have been crushed by the competitors.

Wouldn't a $200 console that is essentially a souped-up variant of their handheld be more profitable than a $400 powerful console that tries to appeal to an audience that has never really cared about them?

A $400 Nintendo PS4.5 isn't going to win over the COD/GTA/FIFA crowd from PS4/XB1, they will stay on those consoles until PS5/XB4 release, it will essentially sell to the same 15-20 million dedicated Nintendo gamers that buy a Wii U.

A $200 Nintendo consoles that uses a more powerful variant of their handheld chipset with more RAM (think iPhone 6-A8 chipset, 1gb RAM vs iPad-A8X chipset, 2gb RAM) saves Nintendo alot on R&D by not making 2 completely different pieces of hardware and they no longer need to develop games for 2 completely different pieces of software.

Even if it sells less, it's not costing them as much money in R&D and developing exclusive software that is locked to a low install base.