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jason1637 on 26 July 2016
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JWeinCom said:
jason1637 said:

This is safer for Nintendo. By the time the NX launches the PS4 will be around 55-60ml and the xb1 will be around 30ml.  It would be hard for Nintendo to come into this console race with a brand new console when the other consolkes have a large userbase already and the PSNEO/Scorpio will out peform the NX. This would be another Wii U situation all over again. Nintendo going pushing portability while still giving the fans the home console experience is very smart buisness wise. Imagine the next Pokemon coming to the NX and you can still play it outside and come home hook it up to your TV and play it online with HD graphics.

Also a $50 tablet wont give you the high quality Nintendo experience a $250 console will.

The 3DS already does online, and I have no desire to play Pokemon in HD.  Pokemon already has dated graphics on the 3DS as it is.  The franchise doesn't sell because its audience is looking for HD visuals.  This thing is not offering a home console experience, at least not the one the fans want.  Fans already stated with their dollars that they were not interested in a home console with gimped visuals and poor third party support.  Making it portable isn't going to help much.  Conversely, the 3DS audience has consistently shown that they don't particularly care about curring edge visuals.  

There is no reason the Neo/Scorpio would have to outperform the NX.  More importantly, there is no reason that the PS4/XBox One have to outperform it.  Since all games for Neo will be playable on PS4, Nintendo should have shot for PS4 levels at a bare minimum.  Console generations typically sell around 200 million, and the last one sold about 250.  With a strong  selling point, there's no reason the NX couldn't have gotten a decent slice of that pie, and at least hit 40 million.  If they legitimately thought they couldn't compete, then they should have made a new handheld, rode out the Wii U for another 2 years, and released something competitive as people tire of the PS4 generation.

For the kind of gamer who wants the home console experience, this won't offer it.  For the kind of gamer who is into portables, this doesn't do all that much to make it more enticing.  Not worth sacrificing their home console presence.  

I'm not a Nintendoom kind of guy... but if this is true... then yeah.  Nintendoomed.

PS.  The mom and dad trying to shut their kid up on a road trip don't care whether or not the experience on a 250 dollar portable is better.

I know the 3DS has online but most people dont play online 3ds games on the go when their connection isnt very stable but might meet up with a friend to trade or battle. Pokemon fans have showed that they are interested in Pokemon HD and playing it on homeconsoles just look at how well pokken has done. Pokemon fans are interested in HD pokemon on a home console its just that the Pokemon company hasnt delivered.

It would still be hard for the NX to sell 40 million if it was a new home console and came in this late in the generation. Those that are still looking for a home console would  see the ps4/xb1 more appealing because of the third party support is pretty much guaranteed compared to them buying the NX with the risk of it losing third parties like the Wii u.  I agree that Nintendo should have just rode the next two years and released a new console but it seems like they are not doing that so by having a hybrid console isnt bad.

For those that want a home console experience Nintendo consoles arent the place to go anymore unless your a hardcore fan. Nintendo seems to going after casuals and still pleassing their hardcore home console fans/handheld fans. This way is probably a lot easier to get that 40 million users than having a dedicated home console.