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se7en7thre3 said:

Those against Fusion have to realize, it all boils down to manpower and overall oftware support for Ninty.  

IMO the NX is also about mobile tech catching up, bridging the console gap with the transition to HD.  Now, some of us suspect Nintendo is  more than satisfied with the Wii U level of performance, if you ask ShiggIwata they'd probably say the full potential hasn't been realized.  Remember, with the GCN's disappointing sales, Ninty was so upset they basically remixed the HW for Wii, rather than make the HD leap.  Have a feeling  with U's awful sales, a similar thing will happen, and just like the OP points out the NX home console should be a modest jump. 

Nintendo will continue building its  HD development, which will lead to a rebranding and repackaging of U (NX home version).  Easy to understand why Nintendo doesn't want to put Zelda on a "dead" console, just like TP for GCN, so the goal IMO is now cross-gen to help the launch of new HW and appease U owners.  I am personally hoping for NX home to be without disc, no power brick and be just as portable as the HH... hoping Ninty will go for elegance and appealing design.  

 NX should be a modest evolution from Wii U,   games built with the highest quality assets (home or deluxe vers.) then get scaled down in res and other settings for the HH.  This move is more than necessary for Ninty as they continue alienating themselves from the main market.  If you people that wanted a XB1 level power console from Ninty and compete with MSony again, they had their chance  in 2012 with the 1 yr head start and blew it, so if there was any doubt about the power issue, its dead at this point, don't even dream about "stronger than ps4".  Instead focus on the ultimate Nintendo system, where you get to choose your experience (hh, home, tablet etc).  There may still be platform exclusives, to encourage sales (i would be against this) but NX should mainly be cross plat, & a great thing t Ninty fans should celebrate.

Thank you, very good post. Nintendo simply can't make a console that's between PS4 & PS5 in terms of specs and a seperate handheld that's between Xbox 360 & Wii U in terms of specs and give them each adequate support of exclusives, it's simply not possible and Nintendo-published software is and always has been the main reason to own Nintendo hardware.

A single device that allows me to play all Nintendo-published software? Hell ya that sounds amazing, I don't like having to spend $500-600 on hardware to get the full Nintendo experience like is required this generation.



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