superchunk said:
Unless you are Nintendo. MSony, yes they focus on most powerful tech. Nintendo has always thought about hte type of gameplay / software they would like to build and then created hardware to support that idea. |
It's no different for any of the platform holders/creators, they all decide their limits technically speaking by an end target, be it form factor, economical or whatever. Nintendo's decisions with the Wii U were limited by them wanting to have the gamepad as a part of the system, then also low cost tech for a small form factor device.
Sony and Microsoft didn't choose the most powerful tech, they just had higher cost allowances, along with bigger form factor devices and in the case of Sony they didn't dilute their console's vision by an external input device like their controller.
Nintendo has actually focused more on attempting to change the game through controller input and they also limited the budget and thermal capabilities of their systems, which never really benefited from what's possible from a processing perspective for gameplay. Having decent hardware to reach a capable end goal for gameplay hasn't been something they've considered since the gamecube, but even that was limited by using smaller capacity discs compared to what the competition used.
TBH Nintendo caring about what they want is what has limited them regaining traction with the wider gaming community, hopefully they've learned that's the case.
