JRPGfan said:
Nintendo doesnt dictrate when a new gen starts though. Its the 8th gen now, and nintendo launching a new console, thats in no way better hardware wise than the PS4, doesnt mean its a 9th gen console.
Avg consumers dont care about what gen a console is. They look at the product, compair it to others on the market and pick whichever they think gives them the best bang-4-buck & has the best game line up. I dont think nintendo NX launches at under 300$ (which ps4 will be at this year holidays), and its game line up at launch will have to be very strong to pull consumers away from just buying a PS4 instead. |
Timing indicates when a new gen starts and because of that, whenever nintendo releases a wii u's successor, it will be a 9th gen system.
You thinking the impossible scenario of a wii u successor weaker or on par with ps4 hardware doesn't affect the actual specs of the console and that's still irrelevant to determine the generation.
A new machine always has the potential to get the consumer attention, regardless of what's currently on the market. $299 is a sweetspot and it seems you're making overestimations over consumer preference.
