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thismeintiel on 12 July 2016
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Thuglas said:

Well if Pokemon Go can maintain a certain level of success for years (which I find unlikely tbh) then I would assume that the handheld versions will no longer be as much of a system seller as they are now. You might say "they are completely different games" which is true but if people associate ios/android as the home of pokemon because that is where everyone and their mother is playing it then a lot less people are gonna want to play on the platform that is no where near as popular. If all their friends are playing Pokemon Go on IOS then why would any of them want to leave that platform to go buy a 3ds or next Nintendo handheld to......... get a less popular version of pokemon very few of their friends play? This is the problem i have with people saying this is good "advertising" or "marketing" for Nintendo. To some people it seems like you cant imagine that people would actually take this shallow experience over a full fledged pokemon game and will be craving it after playing GO but most casual gamers like shallow addicting games over full fledge ones. Only the more dedicated poke fans are going to be craving more imo.

I thought it was the consensus among forum folk for years that Nintendo was avoiding putting their big titles on mobile because they didn't want to hurt their handheld division by doing so? How come when they finally do it, everyone acts as if this move will NOT negatively affect their handheld business? Of course it will in some way, they clearly think the money from mobile is worth it though.

I dont think Nintendo will leave the handheld business soon, but I do think this move will only accelerate the decrease in consumer interest in dedicated handheld gaming devices since IT SEEMS (I know it is still early) that the king of handheld console games is able to pull in more money and consumer interest on smartphones.

Nintendo is at least smart enough to see the writing on the wall.  The handheld market just isn't what used to be.  Last gen was it's peak, with the best selling handheld, the 3DS, selling 154M AND a strong competitor, the PSP, selling 82M+.  The casuals have moved onto mobile gaming.  It's hard to deny it when the Vita will maybe sell 1/4th the amount of its predecessor and the 3DS might make it to half of its predecessor's sales.  The NX is basically a combining of the two markets, home and handheld, and I personally see it as a last ditch effort to be successful in either.  

MohammadBadir said:
thismeintiel said:
Nintendo is still going to release the NX. They've gone too far down that path to turn back, now. However, with the rumors we have heard (basically Wii U 2.0), I don't see the NX being a success. Not when it's supposedly underpowered compared to the OG PS4, let alone the Neo. However, the success of Pokemon Go definitely gives Nintendo a path out of console HW. I still hope they publish games on the PS4, but they may just stick to mobile gaming, which is closer to their most successful market, handhelds.

There's an equal amount of rumours saying it's in between the PS4 and Neo and even beyond it (which I don't believe.)

I wouldn't say there has been an equal amount.  And what was said was by new "leakers" and sounded more like a Nintendo fanboy's wishes.  The only thing I have read from leakers who are somewhat trusted is to expect OG XBO level of power.  Which given there MO of late, and the fact that they want to pack in a controller/handheld unit, fits the bill much better than a $299-$349 beast of a machine.  

Nintendo hasn't been concerned with competing with power since over a decade ago, most likely because they lost against the PS1&2 trying to do so, and I don't see them becoming interested again.  But I suppose we will see.