forethought14 said:
NX may not even be what we think it is. I think we should just hold off a bit until they disclose more new information. And the bolded is important. I'm all for some cross-play games, but they need to also have exclusive titles that are only playable on a specific device. IF people already have the handheld and all the console does is play the same games in higher resolution, that's not gonna sell very well. They need differentiation. Major Nintendo fans will buy it, but I'm not sure about the rest of the public, which is where most of the sales of a console come from. What Nintendo needs to do, is show that certain games can be playable on both (or more) systems, but also show off something to attract people into buying the system they don't own. An open game like Zelda, or Xenoblade NX may have issues running on weaker hardware, so maybe try making games like those only on their console. They make more money off their hardware than software, so they need to maximize their sales potential, and without exclusives, it'll be difficult. |
I can't agree with this, the whole point of opening up the platform to allow for users to play their games on either platform is to make the system more appealing. Whether it's console or handheld it's still exclusive to Nintendo and is a reason for gamers to buy Nintendo again.
Basically Nintendo should be seen as the Platform, not the hardware, they don't need specific exclusives on handheld or consoles to sell platforms, they just need quality games, solid hardware and they need their platform to be the only place you can buy and play their games on.
Some people buy an iPad over a iPod Touch because it offers the bigger screen experience, the same can happen for Nintendo. If the NX console provides a different kind of experience, namely big screen, with greater details, with better graphics, then it's no different than it being more appealing to watch Netflix on your big TV at home. NX Handheld (theorized by us not in the know) would allow you to take those games on the move.
Both platforms wouldn't have to be prohibitively expensive to even own both and the allows you the freedom to play your Nintendo games on the go and when at home on a huge screen or even at a friends if you have your handheld with you and they own the NX console.
The whole thing I mentioned before about Nintendo developing more Western focused games is to gain a new audience of customers for Nintendo. If Nintendo made games like Uncharted, Gears, Gran Turismo, Halo, along with The Witcher, Fallout or the like then that would scratch the itch people have for those games on a Nintendo platform and they would also start to decide to use a NIntendo platform to buy their 3rd party multiplats on.
As for your last points a handheld can actually run basically anything a console can, just at a lower resolution with some graphical details cut out, but you wouldn't even notice them on a smaller screen, which is what I've been saying to Soundwave. Also no Nntendo doesn't make more money on hardware than Software, they've always made their money on the games, they sell multiple games per console and that's where the profit comes from.
If Nintendo destroys the barriers between the handheld and console market they have everything to gain. In this hypothetical NX world every console owner can buy and play every NX handheld game (running better on that platform because of the extra hardware grunt) and every NX handheld owner can buy every home console game (with the benefit of people able to play them anywhere they like), it actually means more software sales for Nintendo and there's also the possibility that Nintendo will move more hardware because each gamer now has an even greater amount of freedom on where they play their Nintendo games.
There is quite literally no negative in this, the potential for sales in all avenues goes up, not down.
