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bigtakilla said:
se7en7thre3 said:

First off, I think Nintendo will introduce a sub. service for next gen. Not for online play, but you will have VC access, free & discounted DLC, eshop deals etc.

So lets say the home version of NX retails for $299 upfront, and Nintendo network for $39 per yr. They can also have an alternative payment method ie monthly installments on a 2 yr contract, but the catch is you must subscribe to their service. $16.99 for 24 mos. to pay off the system as well as being signed up to their sub. service. That amounts to just over $400, giving Ninty an extra $60 rather than the $340 upfront.

Same can apply to a HH version. Retail upfront for $250, or pay $13.99 for 24mos alongside a sub service.

IMO Nintendo will be much more flexible with offering HW under a unified sw front, so a "mega powerful console" is now imaginable again. Ninty will give options on how you want to play, & even how you want to pay. We will see a new, progressive Ninty next gen no doubt....

Imaginable, but still not practical. They wouldn't need uber powerful hardware to upscale 720p handheld games to 1080p (both should be a standard 60fps as they both pretty much are this gen), even if the handheld version of games are Wii U quality. I just don't see it. 

I see a huge jump power wise in their handheld console, and their  typical jump in home console hardware.

Ya I'm thinking something like this

NX Portable-300 gflop, 2gb RAM, plays games at 540p

NX Console-1.2 tflop, 8 gb RAM, plays games at 1080p

Perhaps throw in an NX Tablet that is between them and plays games at 720p



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