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mountaindewslave on 20 June 2016
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Soundwave said:

It's nice but I'm still guessing specs around the XBox One or maaaaaaybe the PS4 at best.

The problem with this is, even though some will say "yeah but surely NX will get ports then!" is that it's unlikely IMO that Nintendo fans or NX buyers will multiple consoles will buy the NX versions when the Neo and Scorpio have the best in class ports.

See: How many people bought COD or Assassin's Creed on the Wii U for instance.

And the gap here will be bigger most likely Neo is almost like a PS5 and Scorpio is basically an XBox 2.

Then these ports will sell like crap, and developers will bail, while some Nintendo fans will cry foul. 

It's more important what if any real disruptive features they have, they need some better than just a waggle stick though, that's not going to work in 2017.

 

I think you're missing the most likely point that developers are seeing here-

the odds are the NX will utilize a combined handheld/home console gimmick. probably with some sort of streaming to Television for the home gaming, or maybe a controller that can be doubled up as a handheld.

the point being that NIntendo's handheld audience is clearly larger at this point AND more filled with casuals who are more likely to buy third party games than the traditional home console Nintendo fans.

if the NX truly is easy for a third party like Projekt Red to port to (based on rumors) then it potentially is a no brainer.

I can't illustrate enough how significant it potentially is for Nintendo to have a unified platform. In the past they've constantly had to spread their attention back and forth from releasing handheld games to home console games. there would undoubtedly be a lot of excitement in the gaming community if potentially everyone could get double the games on a Nintendo platform than compared with the past

we're talking wayyyy more frequent releases on the NX if it is combined, most likely from both Nintendo and third parties.