zorg1000 said:
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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I understand the concern but at the same time, what's the point of having a vastly more powerful console variant when all or most games are going to be shared and not likely take advantage of the extra horsepower?
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I'm starting to think it may just be one SKU, a portable type device that can wirelessly transmit a signal to the TV and maybe even things like your tablet (using a sync app). That and it ships with a controller/input gimmick. If it gets really popular, then Nintendo may make other SKUs. At home it can be used like a party game device, and you can also pick it up and take it outside of the house and play on the go.
To be honest too even if the console was "cheap" by our metric $200 isn't really cheap just to play the same games on your TV if you have the portable version already (which is likely to be far and away the majority of NX owners in a multi SKU scenario).
That's actually fairly expensive just to play the same games in a different way.
