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Soundwave on 04 August 2016
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Pemalite said:
zorg1000 said:

Apples & oranges buddy, you're comparing two completely different things.

A hybrid device is a single device that can be played on the go or at home on the TV with 100% of Nintendo's software output being tailor made for this device.

If you wanted to do the same with your examples, you would need to buy two seperate devices along with an add-on and you still wouldnt be able to play your console games on the go. Also these add-ons were not released until halfway through these devices lives.

So you see how these are not the same situation?

You are playing mobile games on a Home Console. You are melding two different demographics/game library's into one. It's the SAME idea. You just aren't able to take the home console on the Go.

The point stands that it didn't vastly increase sales rate of the home console.

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So let's put this into bullet points shall we?

* Wii userbase didn't transition to the Wii U and might not transition to NX.
* DS/Handheld userbase is in decline.
* Devices/Accessories which allowed the Home console to meld mobile/home console game library/demographics into one... Was mediocre from a sales perspective.
* Mobile and thus NX is now in competition with mature Android/iOS/Windows ecosystems.
* Having lots of exclusives doesn't guarentee sales.
* NX is going to have Mediocre hardware and thus graphics.

Nintendo has an uphill battle if it wishes to succeed I'm afraid, regardless of how you wish to paint things. ;)

Home console market is oversaturated, Nintendo is being smart in doubling down on their area of strength where they have no direct competetion -- gaming portables. 

They are even smarter if they adopt Android apps (and there's no reason not to since they themselves support Android with games now, how is Android Nintendo's enemy when it's spurring Nintendo's biggest piece of software in over a decade with Pokemon Go?). 

NX will likely have one of the best if not the best mobile processors in the world (Tegra X1 is already one of the best, if Nintendo is using Pascal Tegra X2, that is going to be far better even), so there's nothing about the hardware that we have heard thus far that implies mediocre hardware. 

It's likely if done correctly this system will dominate even the PS4 in Japan, thus ensuring lots of Japanese support at least too. Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Resident Evil, Tekken, etc. I'd be fine with that. 

Mobile tech has exploded so rapidly in the last 4-5 years that the level of chip Nintendo can now get will allow for gorgeous huge 3D games on the go, the Vita chip was OK, but even a Tegra X1 absolutely destroys that.