| Akeos said: I think that there is an error of analysis in the equation… |
I wouldn't be so sure of this "The Media Create group did a study on the demographics of Pokemon X & Y players, and they found a majority of them are college kids ages 19-24." We also can't forget that a huge part of DS (specifically DS lite) and Wii's appeal is that it appealed to adults just as much as kids.
In any case. Kids are very comfortable with tablets sized devices in 2016 and the 3DSXL was significantly more popular than its smaller counter part. Underlying the "ifs" and "buts", the NX has to do what it does well. That means the Handheld needs to be beefy enough to run games like Zelda and Xenoblade CX without much complication. Smaller, cheaper iterations of the device will be available down the road making it more accessible for a very youngaudience no doubt, but kids are never the first to run out and buy new tech anyway.
We can't ignore that making the base system a viable high-end tablet is also the most obvious way for them to reach out casual gamers and even non gamers, people who both Nintendo and ubisoft have kind of referenced in regards to the success of the NX. Nintendo said they want to go back to Wii era profits, that won't happen by just releasing a traditional dedicated gaming handheld as that market is in decline.
