I hope the NX is a 10 year, mega powerful console, that is expensive.

[JRPGfan]

Mandalore76 said:

JRPGfan said:

Its the price man.....

If its only for typeing, make sure the Next consol has a USB port and allow people to plug in a pc keyboard.

 

Nintendo needs to be under 300$ to be successfull (because the ps4/xb1 will be 300$ or less by then), and the cost of the gamepad is just to much a burdon on the total system costs to justify it going with the consol.

It's not just for the typing, but that is one of the joys of interfacing with the Wii U that isn't replicated on other systems.  Shouldn't the Gamepad become cheaper to produce over time though?  Anyways, pricepoint alone does not render a Nintendo console successful.  The Gamecube was a powerful little system and even at $199 (and later $99) it still landed in 3rd in it's generation.

 

"Shouldn't the Gamepad become cheaper to produce over time though?"

Probably not.

With chips its about the proccess reaching maturity and you over time figouring out how to use the process node without makeing as many faulty chips (work arounds).

These things lower the costs of the chips that makeup the insides of the consol and are normally a majority of the price of the consol.

When manufacturing costs drop, you gain the ability to lower the sales price of the unit as well.

 

The same isnt true for the gamepad.

 

"Anyways, pricepoint alone does not render a Nintendo console successful."

Yes,.. yes it does. Wii U is to expensive for what it is, compaired to the competition it has.

 

The easiest way to get price down is to not sell the consol with a gamepad.