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Soundwave on 04 August 2016
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Roketan said:
Soundwave said:

I think this will have tons of Japanese support. Tons. 

Nintendo finally has brought their portable userbase with high end 3D graphics, Japanese devs like S-E will now be able to port even things like Final Fantasy (sure the resolution may have to be cut down and some effects scaled back a tad, but Japanese consumers don't really care about that stuff). 

Western support is contingent on its sales here I guess, but I think it'll be a bit like the Wii U was in its early days, some multiplats, even some of the bigger ones, but not all of them. So possibly something like yes to COD, Ass Creed, Minecraft, and Batman early on, no to some others like GTA, Madden, and Witcher. 

Tons of japanese support will not get the system anywhere worldwide. Also, people were saying the same with WiiU. That it will receive tons of third party support since it's on par with PS3 and we all know what happened. Also, the FF fanbase is on Playstation, the rest will buy the Xbone/PC version. Why anyone would wait for an inferior port (since the system will not be as powerful as PS4)? And there is no way Square Enix will develop FF16 for an inferior system that will require extra work to make it run on low hardware with PS4Neo/XBone Scorpio/PC around. Square Enix support doesn't mean anything if it comes only to ports or games like Crystal Chronicles. Same applies to KOEI who released many ports on WiiU but none of their new games.

Japan loves to play on the go, the 3DS has sold more than the PS3 and PS4 combined and then some, lets not forget that. 

If Nintendo now has a portable that can run fairly high end 3D graphics, the "FF fanbase" and a lot of other fanbases will come around IMO. 

NX will probably dominate Japan. 

As for the US, I think it'll do well enough here if Nintendo is smart and they use Android rather than making an enemey out of Android. Mobile is how today's generations of kids likes to play ... time to accept that and embrace it I think. That could give Nintendo a chance to break out in the West. 

As a parent I'd rather buy a $269.99 NX than a $400 iPad Mini especially if the NX can also double as a home console on top of all the tablet stuff. 

The Wii couldn't handle PS3 ports, that's why it had Crystal Chronicles instead of FFX ... from the sounds of it, NX while not as powerful as a PS4, can still handle direct ports, that's a pretty big difference too. 

If Western devs want to play ball or not is up to them. I'll be happy enough with all of Nintendo's games on one platform and some good Japanese games. That's more than enough to keep me busy.