Rumor: GFK (Nintendo client) leaks Nintendo's next gen system info and WSJ Rumor: NX to "work with" PS4, smartphones, PC

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AlfredoTurkey said:

spemanig said:
The most important detail here is that it's the first official acknowledgement that the NX is a codename for the handheld AND the console. It's not speculation anymore. Nintendo's official client sent out a survey clearly spelling out NX handheld and NX console.

One platform. Two form factors. And gameplay "flows between" the two. AKA buy a game on one, play it on both.

 

If that's going to be the case, it's going to be very hard to convince people to buy both products. Part of what made the Gameboy line and original DS so interesting was because it was unique. The Gamboy Advance was a SNES on steroids in an era of full 3D games on home consoles. Metroid Fusion worked so well because it was so different from Metroid Prime. Consumers had reason enough to buy both products. If Nintendo tries to sell two systems that are exactly the same with portability being the only difference between the two? I don't think that's going to give consumers enough incentive. 

 

They may lose double dippers but would potentially gain in people who currently own neither Nintendo devices.

For example, let's say someone is interested in 4-5 3DS games but that's not quite enough for them to buy a 3DS.

Let's say that same person is also interested in 4-5 Wii U games but again that's not enough for them to buy a Wii U.

This person owns neither Nintendo device because the individual libraries aren't enough for them, but if there was a single device that could play all 8-10 of those games that they are interested in, do the chances of this person buying a Nintendo device increase? I would say they do.