| Random_Matt said: Yeah because consoles and phones are the same business, LOL. An NX 2 after just three years is goodbye Nintendo. |
No it wouldn't be. Them not being the same doesn't mean them not having overlaps, and they have plenty. I don't even think they'd need to wait three years. They could successfully launch an NX 2.0 two years later, and an NX 3.0 another two years later. That's a benefit of a unified, persistent platform. The original NX wouldn't become obsolete for years, so old owners wouldn't need to feel burned.
The iPhone 4 came out nearly five years ago, and only recently has it begun to show its age. Still works with 99% of apps on the app store, and now anyone who hasn't upgraded can buy the most state of the are iPhone this year with the 6S and transfer all their information and apps to the new device with no hassle. A new NX would be the exact same way. You buy the NX in 2016. By 2018, the NX 2.0 comes out. It's advertize as having better hardware, more powerful, and comes with an improved NinOS 2.0. People with the OG NX get the NinOS 2.0 for free on the day the hardware launches, so the only reason to upgrade is if you want the latest tech. This will mostly appeal to people who hadn't gotten the NX yet. By 2020, the NX 3.0 rolls around. NinOS 3.0 rolls around. Same thing. Incremental update in power and maybe a minor new feature/better screen for controller, etc. By this time, more people with the OG NX will feel the need to upgrade, as the system will probably be showing its age a little compared to the NX 3.0, but it can still run 99% of the games, so you can always just opt to get the free OS update again. Again, 3.0 will appeal to newcomers, but this time, it'll offer a far greater appeal to people ready to upgrade as well. And with the membership program, all your downloads and information will transfer via your account and the cloud, so it'll be like you never even changed systems. They could literally do this forever, and slowly gain an audience more and more attached to these accounts.
It would be genius. It would also be copying Apple, but Nintendo hasn't been shy about doing so in the past.
