Ljink96 said:
Who's to say Nintendo consoles can't be in the upper price range? If they change their hardware choices to include a blu-ray player, and have up to par graphics...that'd basically be a PS4. Nintendo used to have the more expensive console, it wasn't until other companies included other media apps and players that development costs increased, thus an increase in price. You can make a PS4 comparable system and sell it for $300 now. I'd pay 400 for a Nintendo console so long as it's modern. I do agree that Nintendo makes most of its profit off software and a low price hardware brings down that barrier to entry, but it's possible to have a moderately priced console and sell a killer amount of software. The PS4 and GTAV as one example. People will pay for a good game console with good games. Nintendo's own fanbase as of now has dwindeld down because of their lack of the ability to be modern. The NX needs 3rd parties to survive successfully. It's been the downfall of every great company. If you don't have 3rd party support, which is directly related to how your console performs power/sales wise, your console is sunk. i.e. Dreamcast, Saturn, Atari5200 and 7800, Gamegear, Lynx, 32X, Jaguar, and now Wii U. Nintendo can hit hard, and they have. But they could hit harder with hardware that caters to everyone, while maintaining a modest price which is what the PS4 is doing and why it's sold 40 Million over Wii U's 13 Million with a 1 year headstart. I understand how Nintendo has operated in the past but things change and if Nintendo isn't willing to adopt industry standards, they minds well pack up their hardware business. |
Third party multiplats aren't coming regardless of how powerful NX is. Wii U is more powerful than the PS3 and 360 yet it's first half of 2013 was barren meanwhile PS3 and 360 were getting games.
To be successful a console needs a constant stream of games. PS4 has the entire gaming industry making games for it, so Sony doesn't have to care about being able to support it properly by themselves. Nintendo doesn't have that luxury.
If Nintendo makes a powerful system and uses that power, what they get is a higher likelihood of software droughts due to longer dev cycles and less assets that can be ported between the handheld and the home console versions of their games, that's the opposite of what they're trying to achieve. Game development becomes more expensive too. If they don't use it, they're just losing customers by rising the entry barrier.
