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DélioPT on 03 April 2015
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zorg1000 said:
DélioPT said:

 

I think the main reason people are against it it's because they no longer get a differentiaton and that would "naturally" cause Nintendo to lose on one side (home console segment, primarily).

I think people are wrong to assume this. Currently Wii U is a $299 console that gets about 8-10 major exclusive per year, meaning unless ur a huge fan of Nintendo-published titles, that's not enough. People might be interested in Wii U as a secondary console but it's price to games ratio isn't right for that.

Now let's say Nintendo's next console is $249 and gets 20+ Nintendo-published titles per year, that instantly becomes a much, much stronger candidate as a secondary console.

Even the handheld side benefits because currently 3DS gets about 12-16 Nintendo-published titles per year, going up to 20+ titles per year is still an improvement.

Maybe they will lose out a bit on dual device owners but the potential to attract new consumers could cancel that out.


I don't think that Nintendo could have that many games per year. And if it could, it would probably make a few of them fail - unless there really was diversity.
They should use that extra manpower to make bigger projects more appealing to XB and PS fans. Even if in the end they only got 12 or so games per year.

Add a few published games to create even more diversity: a Hyrule Warriors 2, a DQ spinoff, etc.

At this point, dual owners are the minority. What they could potentially lose from that they would gain on profitability and XB and PS fans who would never touch an handheld anyway but would buy a Nintendo home console if it had their type of games.