RolStoppable said:
People, you need to get with the times. Most third parties have stopped to consider Nintendo a part of the loop in 2003. The concept of generations where similar systems compete against one another doesn't apply anymore, because in such a scenario Nintendo is doomed to the status of "we want to be like them, but we really aren't", thanks to the majority of third party multiplatform games being missing. The Wii U is the system that proved this to be true. Nintendo already talked about a brandnew concept for NX, so it looks like they finally understood what's up. This is the point where we could talk about blue ocean theory, but most people don't grasp it. In a nutshell, blue ocean theory is about offering different values and creating a space in the marketplace for the product you want to sell. If Nintendo applies this concept properly, then NX will be neither too late or too early to the party in comparison to Sony and Microsoft. They will have a different product altogether, so comparisons won't make much sense. Of course it isn't easy to create a blue ocean product, but it's not like Nintendo has a choice (see: first paragraph). As for the part of your post that I snipped, you said that the goal has to be to bring back the N64 and GC audience. You deserve a good smacking for that. The goal shouldn't and cannot be to aim for an audience that didn't move Nintendo above the bar of disappointment and failure, respectively. |
This is a once in a blue moon moment; I agree 100% with a RolStoppable post! 
Good post and excellent points; the whole (likely faulty) theory of a 2017 launch of NX hinges upon a Nintendo set on competing directly with the Xbox and PS brands, that's a huge misconception and there is no proper indication that this is their intention. I stick by my 2016 notions, there is literally no sense in keeping the status quo, let alone allow further decline and an even more tarnished reputation in the industry. My guess is we'll know a lot more before Q1 is over.
