What if the NX is just a traditional handheld?

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setsunatenshi said:

Miyamotoo said:

setsunatenshi said:
Nintendo fans better hope it's a handheld (and I'm confident it really is).
if they decide to pull the plug on the wii u after 3 years... it will be a bloodbath

How so?

Erm... Cutting their own generation in half basically showing the middle finger to the only people that still care for them, their fanbase. Then releasing new hardware in mid cycle during an extremely successful ps4 which will be probably receiving its first price cut and all the big hitter titles that will obviously make and even starker contrast to a out of nowhere home console carrying the bad taste of the wii u. Then either the console is merely on par with the ps4, in which case it will be criticized for being too weak. More powerful than the ps4 which would make it very very expensive and at best get the same 3rd party games the ps4 will get, which will make people wonder, why pay more when a cheaper and more established console plays the same games in a much bigger userbase.

3rd option they go for cheaper hardware still less powerful than the ps4, in which case everyone will ask, why not just stick with the wii u and give it a normal controller.

Enough reasons? I could go on

A 2016 release would give Wii U 4 years, not 3. It's not likely trying to compete directly with PS4 so that consoles success would really have little to no bearing on how successful a Nintendo console would do. I agree with u on option 1 & 2, no need to make it as powerful or more powerful than PS4.

I think option 3 is what they will and should go for along with a unified platform where all or most games are compatible between the console and handheld. The reason why not to simply stick with Wii U is because it's expensive due to the outdated components and they can't support 2 distinct platforms at once, especially since the 3DS successor will take more time/resources than 3DS so how are they supposed to give adequate support to Wii U at the same time?

I say release a handheld and console with the same architecture, operating system, online infrastructure, account system, rewards program, that share a library that has allows for cross-buy/play/save. Have the console be a slight boost over Wii U, similar to the jump from GameCube to Wii, basically faster CPU and more RAM, with the handheld version being a device that can run the same games at a lower resolution.