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| jason1637 said: 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. |
The 3DS's crappy online has nothing to do with it being a portable. The Wii U also has crap online, as did the Wii. There's no reason you need to make it a home console in order to make serviceable online games. This is especially not an issue with Pokemon, which is a turn based game, where lag has no actual impact on the gameplay. Pokken is a completely different genre of game, and is doing alright, but is not a huge success. Pokken selling (maybe) a million copies doesn't mean that's what people want from the mainline games. For comparison, Paper Mario: Sticker Star sold over 2 million copies, which doesn't mean that's the way fans want the series to go.
If you're arguing that third party support is a risk, then I don't know why you'd want them to go with an expensive format, and underpowered graphics. This is basically a guarantee that third party support will be gone. If they go with X86 architecture and power similar to the PS4, then there would be little reason to not support the NX.
This thing could sell 40 million units, but they could have sold 40 million with a straight up 3DS successor, which could have been far more optimized for a handheld. The fact that it's a hybrid really wouldn't help matters at all.
