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potato_hamster on 18 December 2015
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zorg1000 said:
potato_hamster said:

But that would mean Wii U level or marginally better performance on the NX console as well. I don't think anyone would be itnerested in that.

Well I don't think a handheld with PS4 level performance could realistically release next year at a somewhat affordable price and despite mobile eating away at dedicated handhelds, that is still by far Nintendo's strongest area and I don't think they can get away with selling a $300+ handheld no matter how impressive it's specs are.

As for the console side of things, I honestly don't see a PS4 level console from Nintendo releasing 3-4 years later doing a whole lot for Nintendo, PS4+XB1 will probably be over 80 million by this time next year and the fanbase of most mainstream 3rd party titles will be firmly entrenched on these devices.

I honestly dont see Nintendo making a big leap forward graphically, I'm thinking NX could be a marginal leap over Wii U similar to the way Wii was a marginal leap over GC. It sharing a library with the handheld counterpart means that all of Nintendo's support will go to it and not be divided along with the Japanese 3rd parties that support Nintendo handhelds will now be on the console, that and the ever increasing indie support will mean there are never any software droughts on NX.

I don't think think the likes of Bethesda or Take-Two are ever going to give significant support to Nintendo no matter what kind of console they release but other big western publishers like EA/Activision/Ubisoft/Warner will most likely give it some support at least in the beginning, EA-sports/certain Star Wars games, Activision-COD/Skylanders/Guitar Hero, Ubisoft-Just Dance/Rayman, Warner-various Lego games.


Basically NX would be receiving the combined support of 3DS+the support Wii U got in its first 2 years, Nintendo's full support+solid Japanese support+kid/family friendly titles+strong indie support+the occasional mainstream western game.

That seems like a really, really bad idea. No one is going to buy the NX home if its only marginally better than the Wii U, which practically no one wanted. There has to be a marked improvement and "it can play handhelfd games" isn't exactly a system seller itself.