Luke888 said:
teigaga said:
Agree mostly except the Wii thing. Having a gimmick doesn't equal another Wii, nor does it mean absence of core franchises. If they're launching in 2016, they have to be going for USP which would enable them to be a secondary console purchase. A handheld/Console hybrid where you have a portable around Wii U strength and then a docked device close to X1 power would achieve this. They'd have at least 50m users waiting to adopt simply for the handheld function and then another 15-30m for the home console depending on how much support it gets.
Alternatively they could simply be releasing a 9th gen system early to the market, so the system isn't just there to compete with PS4/X1, but there to replace them a few years down the road. In the meantime (2016/2017) hardcore Nintendo fans and core console gamers who care about specs/performance will provide the system with its early adopters. Problem with this logic is that it'd make much more sense to release a system designed to replace the PS4 in 2017, rather then 2016 but maybe Nintendo are going down a scalable hardware route, something one of their recent patents hinted at. |
Again, explain me why it's better to try and replace a console with 70M userbase instead of one with 50M userbase...
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1.User fatigue. Many people who bought the PS4 early in its life will begin to see it as somewhat dated and the idea of replacement is more appealing.
2. Power. The bigger a power leap they can demonstrate at an affordable price, the better the appeal of the system, both to gamers and developers alike.
