zorg1000 said:
Ya too many people seem to fear change for some odd reason, like if things aren't the way they have always been than something bad is going to happen. Offering a wider variety of hardware options that share a common library isn't a bad thing at all and some people seem to think it's impossible for a console to succeed with that approach while completely ignoring that plenty of other types of products have been very successful with such an approach. Smartphones, Tablets, computers, televisions, etc all do this with tons of success, no reason why dedicated gaming devices can't do the same if executed properly. |
You are right: execution is key.
In a market where change has to happen you have to be careful to not lose people's trust.
At the same time, we are talking about people (gamers) who also buy smartphones, tablets, PCs, etc., where they see variety in the same product. And that is more than visible in the PC market where there are several types of HW you can buy for the same game.
We already had SKUs that were different in HDD and people who didn't want to pay a lot had that option and people who wanted the best possible options, actually had that option.
Different HW will speak to people who who are price cautious and can't really afford a expensive console and don't even care about HW that much, and to those who would like to have better HW for those same games.
Maybe Nintendo should offer both versions already at launch and then prepare the market for a 3rd option down the line or even for next gen.
Let the idea of multiple (not a lot, too!) versions of HW during a gen, sink in.
