Is there a point to support two consoles anymore for any first-party company?

[Aeolus451]

Darwinianevolution said:

Aeolus451 said:
For Sony, it's not worth it but for nintendo it is. I think nintendo is trying to make it easier to port games between handheld and home console by coming up with some kind of OS that works on all of their hardware where the games work on either. Maybe, they'll do cross buy. Who knows on that.

Some people think that nintendo is trying to unify both handheld and home console. I doubt it because nintendo found success with both types of consoles so why converge 'em and put all of their eggs in one basket. Sony will because it's home consoles are generally very successful. Anyway, NX is more likely to be a handheld releasing late this year with a home console next year with a similar name.

I think it will be the other way around. If the NX is trying to unify both HH and HC libraries, they'll need a handheld as beefy as possible. Home console first and, once they iron the handheld out, they release it (plus 3DS is getting more games than WiiU). Unified library, maybe with some exclusives for the home console due to power constrains.

Perhaps. I doubt the libraries will completely unify, though. Maybe, not even a half or a quarter of games being shared. Both having their own exclusives would be good for nintendo because people would have more incentive to buy both devices instead of just one. I don't think the handheld needs to be that powerful or the home console for that matter. The HH just needs to be able to play some or most of the HCs games.