Soundwave said:
The problem is see with the home and portable variants being so close is in that scenario and both playing the same games, I think most people will simply opt to buy the handheld version and just opt to have a PS4 or XB1 as their console if they even want a console. Which isn't probably all that different from now.
I guess there's still benefit here in that Nintendo would benefit from not having their bigger gun games like Splatoon and Mario 3D World "trapped" on the lower selling console side, but I'm not sure this really does anything for the console, it would probably just sell about the same as the Wii U is on pace for (about 18-20 mill).
The way Nintendo sometimes mentions the device also sounds like its a singular device, so I'm starting to wonder if Nintendo maybe experimented with multi-SKUs, but then came back to a singular device, more or less (a portable that can stream games to the TV and maybe even the iPad) with another controller gimmick tied to it. Iwata did say they could have multiple SKUs in the future but that also it may just be one.
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From the little I've read from Nintendo, I suspect it'll be one unified device. It may throttle performance for the sake of battery life when taken as a portable, but when connected to a TV and some kind of dock (and power from the wall), will unlock the clockspeed and free up the chip performance for a more home console experience.
