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Jumpin said:
Nuvendil said:

No. Expectations of one market are not the same as the other. People buying dedicated gaming devices expect a minimal amount of support. Whether that support is supposed to continue or not, constant actual upgrades shatter consumer confidence as they feel support for their device is under endless threat. Also, those specs are atrocious. A Wii U level home console launching in 2017? Better be $99 if you don't want to be laughed out of the industry and even then it would be a joke. You realized by that time, used PS4s and Xbones will be at or bellow that price. Shoot, new ones will be getting close to that price if not being there already. Also, Nintendo making a raw tablet? What would compel them to do that? That market is over saturated; it is a bloodbath for anyone not already established. Sorry, but the whole strategy in the op is full of holes and overall a dreadful plan.

Agreed, this is exactly why iPhone, iPad, androidPhone and androidTab sales never went anywhere, consumer confidence was so crushed by the frequent updates, that no one bought those ever again. So says our supreme leader!

Not the same market.  Seriously, when did people forget that - to quote the part I bolded and underlined and italicized for ya - expectations of one market are not the same as the other.  Consumer expectations are different in each market.  Gaming devices have different core functions that motivate purchase.