Realistically, how powerful can Nintendo's next handheld & console be if they release at $199.99 each?

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zorg1000 said:

bunchanumbers said:
I just don't think that the console will be at $199. I'm thinking it will be around $299-349 with power on par or maybe even surpassing PS4. But the handheld? I can definitely see it going for $199 and should be more powerful than the Vita. But power won't be the thing that moves either console. It will be the ability to play both handheld and console games on the same device with cross platform play.

It has been stated recently that Wii U cost more than they would have liked to sell it for and that they are not interested in powerful hardware, so a $300+/PS4+ is kinda out of the question.

$250 for the home console would be reasonable, as at that price Wii outsold competitors as long as Ninty kept on supporting it properly.
That price, if launching at the end of 2016 or later, would be enough to outperform any 8th gen console AND still be profitable from the start.
For the portable, $150 would be enough to outperform both 3DS and PSV and still be profitable too, as PSV estimated components cost was $159 in January 2012 (when it still used a back then expensive OLED screen) and by NX launch more than four years, maybe even more than five, if launched in 2017, will have passed.