If the NX released both the handheld and home consoles at the same time...

[Cloudman]

spemanig said:

Cloudman said:
If the NX was both a console and a handheld separate, but with the same games, I dunno if I would be down with that. I may just be fine with either one and not get the other. I like having an incentive to getting both,

I think there would be software incentives to own both. Just not in the form of exclusive games. Rather, in the form of exclusive features. Like I've said, I think there will be a lot of games that will follow the Smash 4/HW models of having exclusive features for each version. Like Smash 4 had with Smash Run/Smash Party garbage, and like Hyrule Warriors Legend has with the Wind Waker content. I think you'll see a lot if instances like that for a lot of NX games, especially first party ones.

I also think that a lot of the incentive will simply come from people preferring playing some games on specific form factors. I imagine most Animal Crossing fans would rather play that on the handheld while most Zelda fans would rather play the next open world game on the the home console. And if you like both, you'll have that reason to buy both.

Then there's the, obvious to me, incentive of just being able to play whatever you want however you want, whenever you want. I have Shovel Knight on my Wii U, and I wish I could play on my 3DS too when I'm not home, but I can't, because the saves doesn't transfer over. That's a situation I'm sure a lot of people will feel when confronted with this reality with every NX platform game. It's just convenient to play the optimal experience on the big screen, then pick up where you left off on the go.

But I definitely think it'll be a rare occurance to see any exclusives on any of them, and if there are any, they'll be home console exclusive only, since all the handheld designed games will easily scale up to the home console.

EDIT: That being said, I don't think Nintendo will mind at all if people buy only one. The entire point is that they can profit no matter which skew is more successful.

Hmm, you do have a point. It wouldn't be necessary to make different versions of a game for both consoles, like MK and Smash Bros, and some games will likely be more preferable to handheld or console. So that would allow Ninten to work on more games.

My main issue is if Ninten is fine with sales possibly being scewed to one side over the other. I feel that is what is likely to happen.