Like I've said before, Nintendo fans I think have it completely backwards in terms of where the power of the hardware split should be.
The PORTABLE should be the focus of the hardware design and it should be the focus of getting the most possible power in there.
THAT will get third parties to sit up and take notice, not a 3-years-too-late-PS4-wannabe console with no userbase. Third parties saw that console already, it's called the Wii U, and this time Nintendo is not coming off a 100 million userbase either. Third parties are not going to care about a Nintendo console if that's the focus of the NX.
If Nintendo fans were upset with the third party support the Wii U got early on, don't expect much better for the NX if the console is the focus.
The handheld being a new type of powerful device though (which I do think is legitimately possible given the massive advances in mobile tech happening today) ... that's a game changer for Nintendo, because Nintendo portables actually sell and third parties I think wouldn't mind at all having ports on say the 3DS if they 3DS wasn't three freaking generations behind the engines third parties work on.
I'm sure Capcom would like Resident Evil 7/RE2 Remake to be on a Nintendo portable if they system could run it. Ditto for Square-Enix, probably would want Kingdom Hearts III, Final Fantasy VII Remake, etc. to join Dragon Quest XI.
That's why I really think Nintendo should aim for a hardware spec that allows for PS4/XB1 ports on the handheld with some reduced effects at a lower resolution (960x540 res is 1/4 of 1080P).
The Tegra X1 by the way, Nvidia's top of the line mobile processor, just got announced a few days ago as being the GPU that's going to be in Google's new Android tablet. Nvidia has the Tegra X1, PowerVR is giving Apple the mega-powerful A9X processor ... AMD should be able to give Nintendo something comparable/better next year at 14nm.
