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chakkra on 17 October 2015
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JWeinCom said:

It is not safe at all to assume that people want POWER.

Power has consistently been a non-factor in the mass market.  Weaker systems have consistently outsold more powerful ones.  This is the first generation in a while where the most powerful console is the best selling.  The kinds of gamers on these forums are not a random sample of gamers.  Is Call of Duty really that popular on VGChartz and sites like it?

We could imagine a Metroid game with better graphics than Destiny and Halo 5 with great multiplayer, but we're unlikely to see such a game.  Consider that Bungie has 500 people working on Destiny as of the middle of 2014.  Retro Studios, the most likely company to make such a Metroid game, has about 200 employees.  And that's not to mention the budget.  Just making a more powerful system isn't necessarily going to mean the game will look better.

There is nothing stopping Nintendo from making a Zelda game as big as the Witcher 3 with Wii U hardware if they really wanted.  Wouldn't look as smooth, but it's possible.

And if they could make these games, I don't think it would bring Nintendo to prominence.  They're not going to become successful by out PS4ing the PS4.  If they try to attack the same market three years behind, that's not going to be a winning strategy.

Well, if you think it is not safe to assume that the vast majority of gamers nowadays want to play games running at 1080p - 60fps with gorgeus graphics, even after seeing what has happened this gen, and even after seeing a bunch of ports of last gen games (commonly called as "Remasters") selling in the millions just because they are running at 1080p - 60fps with graphics just a little bit better, then I honestly don't know what else to tell you.

And let's not forget that in a couple of years even 1080p - 60fps will be considered outdated.