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freebs2 on 20 March 2016
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Soundwave said:
freebs2 said:

I'm not suggesting Nintendo shold go with an handheld/controller solution. What I'm suggesting is multiple screened controllers aren't a viable solution unless they can also act as the NX handheld - but that would mean, as you suggest, crippling the hardware.

So the best solution probably is to give up the idea of multiple screened controllers.

Anyway, regardless of the specs, the NX handheld will fail miserably if they launch it for more than 199$.

I think a hybrid machine at the center of it all is their best bet. 

A traditional portable will likely fail in the long run too ... it's not "cheap" enough to compete with tablets which are less than $200 and have free games. 

There's no point in trying to win on "cheap". The Vita is $200 too, it's not as if its sales exploded through the roof, the 3DS bombed at $250 because Nintendo had mediocre hardware for that price and no games to play. 

The Vita failed beacuse it focused on game experiences that weren't design to work on handhelds.

The 3DS bombed on launch beacuse of moslty beacuse price, the lineup wasn't stellar (just like every console on launch) but it wasn't that bad either, it had Street Fighter, Animal Crossing and Resident Evil soon after. If we make a comparison the Nintendo DS had a worse launch lineup and the it had a mediocre hardware for the price too, compared to the PSP.

On the contrary I believe the more affordable, the better. Expecially on the handheld. Since Nintendo can't rely on western 3rd support on that side anyway, they should just make the consumer focus on their games rather than on the hardware. I believe they should launch within the 149$-199$ price range with one game in bundle. Also, I believe they should program shorter life cyles - like 3 years - as opposed to the current 5 years.