Yeah. There were rumors that the Wii U was going to be more powerful than the PS4, and people ate it up, till it turned out not to be true. Power means almost nothing. Good games and good promotion by Nintendo itself are the only things that matter. The second part NoA has failed at with Wii U, for sure. Wii U could have been a bigger success than it is, but Nintendo stumbled over themselves mismanaging their own development cycles this gen, and NoA's pathetic excuse for marketing and ads is puzzling, considering that even with the Wii, they had some good advertising.
NX could be the most "top of the line" console you've ever seen, but that wouldn't make the difference. For one thing, it'd be expensive as fuck most likely, and I don't know about you, but I don't want to fork out $400+ on a console if I don't have to. I think Wii U had a decent launch pricepoint, though they certainly should have dropped it more than it has by now. But if NX is expensive, that is already going to keep people from buying it. And for another thing, history has proven that less powerful consoles (NES, PS1, PS2, Wii) have often ruled a given console generation. It's about about games, not power. Even the N64, with it's cartridge limitations......if companies like Square and Capcom and Konami had stuck with Nintendo, and put games like Symphony of the Night, FFVII, Metal Gear Solid, Mega Man 8, Mega Man X4-6, the Resident Evil games, etc. etc., guaranteed N64 would have ruled that gen. It wasn't power that helped PS1 succeed. It was games, and great advertising.
If NX wants to succeed, it needs both.
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