It's no so much that being powerful is a sales tool in and of itself, it's more that you can't even be competetive without it.
You either need a miracle gimmick for that to work or it has to be a portable.
One or the other.
Consumers are not stupid, they're not going to buy a weak Nintendo console when they can get a Playstation 4 for $299.99.
It needs to be powerful so that the power issue is moot and people can then focus on other things like the software library.







