I believe Nintendo when they say it's a new concept and they don't want to just make successors to the Wii U and 3DS.
I think it's a portable console, it's what they couldn't do with the Wii U in 2012 because mobile chips at that point hadn't advanced to the point where they are today.
I think it will be a moderate upgrade on the Wii U but will be mobile and will have some other new type of functionality that plays into the mobility of the console to encourage people to come together and play together.
That's just my guess. I don't think Nintendo is interested in competing with Sony head-on. Especially not when they have such a commanding head start. And Sony's not releasing Vita 2, so Nintendo can kind become the premium mobile console provider.
450 GFLOP mobile processor is what I'm thinking. Similar to the Apple A9X but built specifically for gaming applications first and foremost. Maybe there will be other SKUs at differing horsepower, I'm kinda back and forth on that.
