It's November 21st 2016. The NX is out and more powerful than the PS4. Are 3rd parties on board?

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Soundwave said:

The holy grail for Nintendo with third parties would basically be if the *portable* could run PS4/XB1 ports.

For third parties they're put in an awkward position with Nintendo because the portable 3DS has the userbase they would want but it doesn't have the power to run any type of modern game engine so they'd have to make games from scratch for it which is more trouble than its worth.

The console has better power obviously, but doesn't have the userbase, so that's a no go.

PS4/XB1 ports may seem ambitious ... but mobile tech is improving by leaps and bounds, if they could run PS4/XB1 type graphics at 960x540 resolution (1/4th the pixels of 1080p) .... that would be a game changer for Nintendo. They would get a lot of support IMO. 

Then once you have third parties already committed to making a NX portable port, they may as well make a 1080P console NX version too.

See that's how you hook them.

Agree, the key for the NX is its interaction with the NX handheld part. I don't know if you could make an architecture that manages to play games at two different settings, but that's the key for success. Maybe a handheld with power like a WiiU and a home console close to a PS4? Handheld and mobile hardware pieces are powerful and relatively cheap thanks to all the mobile tech around.