Will the next CEO of Nintendo make powerful consoles to their fullest? Since Iwata has passed away?

[zelmusario]

midrange said:

zelmusario said:

Pretty much this, I'd say. Nintendo has always made games that were purely fun and THAT is what I think of when I think of Nintendo. I don't think of how cool the console looked, or how comfortable the controller feels, or how awesome the graphics are, or how great the online works. I think of how happy I am or how alive I feel when playing a Nintendo game. 

I think that's what Iwata brought to Nintendo (besides pure innovation) and as long as they pick a CEO with that vision, I'll be satisfied. They can give me a controller that's shaped like a microwave and I'd still buy the system if the games were fun. 

Or you can have a console that has both good hardware and good software (ps4 as an example).

The thing is, the controller design, the graphics limitations, the console design, and the online capabilities are all hardware decisions not software decisions. All of the work that goes into this is done by Nintendo's hardware division. Meanwhile all the fun games are being made by the software decision.

so why is the Wii u an issue? Because Nintendo's hardware division invested time and money into a gimmicky tablet over actual next generation specs. Fun games would be made regardless of the hardware, but there is no denying that forcing a gimmick at the expense of a good cpu/gpu has caused major setbacks and limitations to all developers on the Wii u.

hopefully the next CEO sees that decent specs and good development tools should be the main priority over gimmicks

Yeah, you're definitely right that you can have both and I should've clarified that I PREFER your take on it, but it's not what I actually need or even expect from Nintendo. I think Iwata did a lot to raise the standard and accessibility for Nintendo, but the casualization of the games took over as well as a byproduct. 

I'd love to see a next-gen Nintendo system with great specs that really brings the games into the modern age. I still think it will take awhile (maybe another generation) for them to get there, though. And for now, I'm fine with that. I do think the next console will be an improvement over the Wii U in that it'll be more 3rd party-friendly, at least. That would help.