| Scisca said:
We'll see. I honestly doubt that a home console weaker than PS4 will take off. I mean, it'll already be 3 years on the market!! 3 years later and Nintendo would give a weaker console? Can't see it happening. And 2 years after that, so 3 years from now, people will already be starting to get hyped for PS5, so an NX more powerful than PS4 would end up just like the Wii U - getting slaughtered by the hype for a more powerful console. Nah, can't see it work. I believe that a mandatory part of the Apple policy is making sure that their products are cutting-edge, or at least are top of the line. That's a big part of what people get excited for. Ignoring this part and releasing an underpowered console when so many people already consider PS4 weak is asking for it. |
Lol, I think that a console weeker than the XBO can take off! As long as it isn't Wii U levels of weaker. I think there's strong likelihood of it being a bit weaker than the XBO. I also don't think we'll see anything close to manefestations of the successors of the PS4 or XBO until at least 2021. You're in for a long-ass generation. Gen 7 was long and these consoles are selling better.
People but Apple products for the UI experience. It's the firmware people like more than the hardware. That's not to say the good hardware isn't part of it, it is, but that isn't where most of their sales come from, and I think the same will be true for the NX. The big thing to sell it will be the UI experience. I know people will read that and scoff at the idea, "I buy consoles for the games, not for the menus," but I genuinely think that this is what Nintendo is banking on with the NX. Not just the unified platform, but a brand of "smart consoles" that put a heavy focus on having an extremely powerful and modern OS and UI for a convenience and user experience not yet seen in consoles. That's what will be cutting edge about the platform. And for that, the hardware just has to be good enough. Just less than the XBO is more than good enough. That doesn't mean it can't be more powerful than the PS4, I just don't expect it to be. The PS2 demolished the more powerful XB and GCN, but it was still on par with them. It was good enough to get multiplats. I think the NX will be within that power range. And I think that will be more than enough. The only people who consider's the PS4 weak are PC enthusiasts.
Like, I think that if the PS4 was weaker than the XBO, it would still be selling this well. Its success has almost nothing to do with being more powerful than the XBO. It has everything to do with good marketing and the XBO being a PR catestrophy pre-launch.
