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Ljink96 on 16 May 2016
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JWeinCom said:
Ljink96 said:

I am well aware of this, I consider myself a Nintendo fan first and foremost but I am critical enough of them to understand that Wii U didn't do them any favors and if NX simply believes that new ways to play is enough to compete against PS4, not so much Xbone, they need to at least make sure their gimmicks don't get to their head or make sure that NX is a console that third parties can't afford to miss out developing for. It's possible to be powerful and new.

The article never said any of that.

Even if the system is as powerful as its rivals, the selling point has to be its new features.  When you're arriving 3 years late, it's not enough to be as good as them.  Has to offer something very unique.  A traditional console at this point would flop hard.

I didn't quote the article in my response... it's my own thought for this one. You can be unique and powerful at the same time. The technology to make a PS4 is relatively cheap, I expect Nintendo to at least get on that level in terms of graphical capability. You wouldn't put out an 8 bit system during a 32 bit era. If a traditional console would flop hard...how come PS4 and Xbone are beating the stuffing out of the Wii U both of which had a year delay over Wii U? Wii U is anything but traditional and it's flopping hard. You can have something unique to your rivals and have decent graphics at the same time and if Nintendo is touting NX's software and games like Dragon Quest XI are in the talks for the system, they must have realized this  by now.

Arriving 3 years late, it isn't good enough to be worse than them either. Graphics and power have to at least be on par with PS4 and Xbone if Nintendo wants to stay relevant, that is unless NX is such an amazing piece of tech, that it sells on the concepts alone.