setsunatenshi said:
Miyamotoo said:
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?
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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
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Nintendo consoles usually have lifespan of around 5 years, if NX will release next year, it would be 4 year of Wii U, just one year less than usual Nintendo console and thats not big deal, we saw something similar with original Xbox, and we all know for Xbox 360 success.
Nintendo probably will not compete directly with PS4/Xbox One, they are probably doing again something similar like Wii, affordable console (cheaper than PS4/XboxOne, probably around $250) with new concept of playing (maybe hybrid device).
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They are not competing with the x1 and ps4? So they are competing with who then? Ford and Audi? Coke and Pepsi? Who are these mystical creatures that will buy a nintendo home console that don't by the time own a ps4 or x1? Why would any current nintendo fan buy again an underpowered console that would be decimated yet again just like their previous wii u? Hybrid device for 250$? Lol... The 3ds when it came out it costed 250$. You're imagining nintendo can afford to give you a home console and handheld for the price they sold their previous handheld for... Sure... Ok then...
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Just because they are consoles does not mean they are direct competitors, Wii was not aimed at the same type of audience that PS3/360 were.
Ur right, a single 2-in-1 device will not likely be able to retail for $250 but they can have a separate handheld & console that share a library each for $200.
