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Soundwave on 03 February 2016
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bigtakilla said:
Soundwave said:

I'm saying the hybrid would be $250 ... for a device that can be used as a console in the house (can output to a TV), but also be played outside of the house. Right now the Wii U + 3DS XL cost consumers $500, so to get basically the same functionality for half the price would be a coup. 

Since this device would basically fill the "sweet spot" as the general Nintendo hardware, the other NX devices can aim more at different audiences, there's no point in having 3 different SKUs if they're all meant to attract the same audience. 

This is basically how most "unified hardware platforms" work ... Apple offers the base iPhone and base iPad ... but for people who are willing to spend more there is the iPad Pro, iPhone Plus models, and that's fine. They bring in a higher spending audience, which is the whole point of the unified set up. You want each model to bring a different audience to the table that you wouldn't have otherwise. 

"I'm saying the hybrid would be $250 ... for a device that can be used as a console in the house (can output to a TV), but also be played outside of the house." This isn't a hybrid though, it's a handheld that can be hooked up to a TV. Which may be fine with the advancement in tech, but still, I'm really trying to grasp how it is supposed to change the whole gaming world. I mean, this in essence has been done many, many times.

And again, when one encourages the user of the handheld to upgrade being that they can get the next teir at a lower cost (roughly $100 - $150 lower if the controller has a screen) at a later time and the other consists of buying an even more expensive piece of tech to get the same exact games that look a bit better when both can be played on the tv it's clear to see which would bring in the higher profits.

Has it really been done before? I don't recall very many portable devices that could function as a home console. 

You can't exactly put your PS4/XB1 in your backpack or coat pocket and take it around with you. 

If they have some miracle idea controller that's 100x more innovative, great, build the platform around that, I'm kind of skeptical that they do though.