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curl-6 on 02 August 2016
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torok said:
curl-6 said:

Pretty much; nobody is going to pay $300 or more for an NX instead of a PS4.

However, a lot of people would pay $200 for an NX to complement their PS4.

Their best shot is to position it as a cheap secondary system.

They had two paths:

- Create a hardware on-par powerwise to PS4/X1 and rely on third party support. Would be a expensive console and, if 3rd parties bailed out, something very likely, they would end up with another expensive box with no games.

- Create a cheaper device, forget 3rd parties and use an aggressive pricing. Works as secondary console and to kids (cheap parents). Wouldn't depend on anyone except Nintendo itself.

A big flop for the NX could put them in a hard situation, so the second alternative seems more controlled. Even if it doesn't shatter worlds, moving 60m units or such, would already give a good profit with their software. And even this number would be pretty low, less than what Wii U and 3DS achieved. I'm not saying it will sell just that, but that this path allows them to get good profits without selling gangbusters. Creating a "PS4" that lacks the first 3 years of games and doesn't have guaranteed 3rd party support is a sizeable gamble.

Agreed. I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record on this, but NX really needs to be cheap. They cannot afford a price that invites direct comparison with PS4/Xbone, as that's a fight they just cannot win.