wombat123 said:
That's going to happen even if Nintendo just abandoned traditional consoles since the 3DS's successor is probably going to have an exponential boost in power as well as development cycles comparable to the average Wii U game due to the large advancements in mobile technology since early 2011. At least it should. I'm hoping that the NX has a unified library and is both a handheld and a console because if they could find a way to make it a realistic possibility to port over 3rd party games meant for the xbox one and PS4 to an NX handheld, then that's like the holy grail for Japanese 3rd parties since they'd have their cake and eat it too by being able to tap into the large handheld market with their big budget console games without having to make games specifically for Nintendo's handhelds. |
They will have the ability to, but handheld devices also serve as a place where traditional games florish. Look at Bravely Default, or 4 Heroes Of Light. Look at ALBW or Paper Mario. Retro style games florish on handhelds and it's a great thing. But people expect more from a home console. Not to say there still won't be retro games specifically made for the NX handheld, but that is going to be pushed to the backburner.
As for major AAA 3rd party games, yes if the console is a success then they will come over it could be a turning point for Nintendo. And if it fails, then it is going to be one of the biggest disasters in Nintendo's history. Let's just hope Nintendo has learned from the Vita and makes the NX handheld affordable not only for the console, but for the memory cards as well (if we can't just use any commercial SD card).
