| LipeJJ said: Not really. I don't see this as the only option. Take a look at the 3DS... it is gimmicky, and its gimmick is not even well received. It doesn't have strong third party support (let's face it, it's decent, but a bunch of small~mid japanese games can't count as "strong" TP support) and yet it sold pretty well. You know why? Because it had a high density of big games from Nintendo. At its first drought during the first year, sales declined a lot. But then Nintendo cut the price and released their big guns in a row... and never stopped releasing then until maybe 2014. That's what helped the 3DS the most, a high density of Nintendo games coupled with a fair price (after the pricecut). So, in my point of view, NX could be a success by having a decent hardware (as strong as current gen consoles) + a very high density of Nintendo games + a good price. People buy Nintendo consoles mostly for Nintendo games, it would be almost impossible to change that while being in the middle of a generation on top of that. It would be basically impossible to secure 100% of third party support, some devs definitely don't want to develop for Nintendo consoles (like Bethesda), so this is a pipe dream. If Nintendo can guarantee a decent support (japanese games + casual western games + anual franchises like CoD and Fifa), it's more than enough to help the console. Not that this would help it selling much more, but it would fill some eventual gaps between big hitters like Mario Kart and Smash Bros. That's how I see it, I think it's the best Nintendo can do atm. |
The 3ds was a handheld and many people are okay with having a handheld as a secondary console. Thats why it sold decent. Also in the handheld sector is/was no competition (smartphones getting bigger but its still okay).
Doesnt work for the home console market.
Also the 3ds gimmicky didnt helped the 3ds. If the 3ds would be a single screen device without 3D effect but with pokemon, mario kart, mario bros and co for half priece it would very likely be alot more sucsessfull.
Im not saying it will work, but its their best chance. Otherwhise they have to go third party.
Macking gimmicky consoles wont work, especially in the long run as soon they run out of ideas.
