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

[zorg1000]

spemanig said:

zorg1000 said:

I think it will be important for them to be the same price, it helps with the whole "play any game, the way u want to" concept. I don't think form factor is the sole reason Nintendo handhelds are more popular than their consoles, other things like hardware/software price and software selection are huge factors as well.

For example, the most expensive 3DS sku is $100 cheaper than Wii U while software is $20-30 cheaper and has games like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, Tomodachi Life, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Paper Mario, etc and a lot more 3rd party support compared to Wii U. Sharing a library helps a ton but they need to have price parity on hardware/software or else people will overwhelmingly choose the handheld over the console.

I think there is absolutely, 100%, no way in steaming hot hell that they will be sold at the same price. It doesn't help that concept at all. If they are sold at the same price, either the home console will be harshly underpowered making it largely undesirable or the handheld will be harshly overpriced making it largely undesirable.

...But the PS4 is outselling the 3DS. Price isn't a factor when people want something. If they want the console more, they'll buy that. If they want the handheld, they'll buy that. If they want both, they'll buy both. The reason why the 3DS is selling more is because the 3DS is a largely desirable product and the Wii U is a largely undesirable product.

Also, I think you're going to absolutely have price parity on software, but that means you will get a lot of $60 games purchasable on the NXDS. They aren't going to sell you Metroid Prime 4 on the NXDS for $40 in a unified platform. You're paying for a full, grand, premium, "console" experience on the go, so I wouldn't expect to get cheaper games all around as a result. On the contrary, though, I think you will see a lot more $30-$40 games released that would have been modest handheld games this gen.

What do PS4 sales have to do with anything? We're talking about Nintendo devices and if the handheld gets all the same games as the console along with being less expensive than not many people will choose the console.