Will You Be Angry If NX Is Only Moderately More Powerful Than Wii U?

[JEMC]

Wyrdness said:

JEMC said:

But if NX replaces the WiiU, it is fair to compare it to WiiU. And as someone who doesn't play on handhelds, that's the kind of comparison I'm going to make.

Not really because under the scenario the OP has put forward the new platform will have access to games you'd never get on console or Wii U for a matter, for a start a HD pokemon game which would be a massive jump over the previous games in the series, it's not just a jump for a single sector of the market it's a jump for multiple sides of it. Simply comparing it only to the Wii U solely would be a flawed way to look at the platform if it was a hybrid system as it's covering multiple angles, the competition in the console sector may be hot but as a portable the's only Vita standing in their way.

3DS for example gets games like Kingdom Hearts, Bravely Default, DQVII Remake,  MH Series, SMT IV etc... from third parties, these are games that would only ever hit a portable Nintendo platform for most part as they dominate that side of the market so a HD platform for follow ups to these is still very significant as I doubt anyone here would skip such games just because the platform is only marginally more powerful then the Wii U, all first party games would be on one platform as well.

Your argument has a weak point: I could already play Pokemon and those games you mention simply by buying a 3DS. But I haven't bought one not because I can't, but because I don't want to. I don't like Pokemon games and when I tried MH Tri on Wii and didn't enjoy it either.

Because of that, when NX launches the theoretical advantages of an hybrid console simply fade away and all I'll be left with is a new console that's barely more powerful than what I already have.