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Soundwave on 30 September 2015
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JEMC said:
Soundwave said:


I think there could be several models, as in a complete break from the traditional "two models fit all" (hell Nintendo doesn't even do *that* any more, the 3DS has like four different models). 

One of them could be a full on hybrid device that is like a portable console. So yeah, sure I can see that. That doesn't mean they can't release a console only variant for instance. It's like saying Apple can't release an iMac because they make Macbook Pros. 

So you're covering all your bases...

Nintendo will launch the usual two hardwares, maybe *maybe* three, but that's it. Too many hardwares will confuse the audience, and we are used to see two.

We'll see. Iwata said part of the whole point of a unified platform is it would give them the freedom to break from the "rule of 2" hardware and let them support 3 or 4 if they wanted to. 

Which may be smart. 

People are not that stupid either, Apple, Samsung, etc. have multiple model lines as well and people like it. Imagine there was just ONE Mac model ... that would be really stupid. I think Nintendo fans are in denial that the Wii U is this incredibly appealling system and people just don't understand it/know about it. 

It's just not that appealling. It's a Nintendo XBox 360 six years too late with a tablet controller that doesn't change the game play really at all. 

It's a dud concept, you could market it all you want, it'd just be putting lipstick on a pig. That's the thing too ... once you put all your eggs in one basket, you're kinda screwed if people don't like it. Having a dud console means the next 5 years of your business is going to be negatively impacted. It's honestly not the great model people think it is, it's just that way because that's how it was done in the 1980s and no one's bothered to challenge that in a serious way.