Frogger on 04 October 2015
| Soundwave said: So basically Nintendo is going to release a console that is going to have - 12-20 games at launch (at best) versus 2000+ for the PS4/XB1 - A system that uses the same "controller on screen" that failed miserably to move any consoles this generation. - Is going to be 3 years late, and even better yet, still be less powerful than the PS4/XB1 which could be as cheap as $250-$300 with another round of price cuts next fall. This is going to be a magic winning formula for Nintendo? Haha, count me as big time skeptic of that. That is an extremely underwhelming sales proposition to anyone who isn't a died in the wool Nintendo fan. I don't think the console is really going to do that well, and I don't think Nintendo really expects it to. We've seen the hardware splits for the GBA versus GCN and Wii U versus 3DS ... even Nintendo fans don't buy Nintendo consoles overwhelmingly. The numbers don't lie. Unless they have a new gimmick that attracts a new audience like the Wiimote did, then what unification really is is Nintendo wisely protecting themselves from a segregated game library that forces half of their better games on to a platform that has no chance at mass market adoption. Need to get those Splatoons and Bayonetta 2s and Xenoblade Xs and Mario Kart 8s of the world on the portable side, Nintendo no longer has the luxury of keeping them segregated away from 80% of their own audience. |
No, because that isn't anywhere close to an accurate portrayal of what the NX will be, with the 20 launch games thing especially being flat out wrong. The eshop will guarantee it will launch with hundreds. But of course, you already know how wrong this whole post is. No need to beat a dead horse.
