Tegra X1 successor Detailed by Nvidia (likely NX SoC)

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JWeinCom said:

Not really.  Indie support is better relative to their retail product support, but they still lag incredibly far behind their competitors.  Ditto for Japanese games.

 

I totally agree.  It's just that their (rumored) alternative is an even worse strategy.

 

We don't know the price of the thing, so we don't know how much of an advantage this will be.  Considering the prices of Nintendo's handhelds, this isn't a huge selling point.  

 

Five hundred dollars in hardware?  Wii U is only $300 and will come with one of the games they want.  2DS is 100.  So that's 400.  There's no real indication that the NX will be $250.  That's just an assumption you're throwing in to shift the balance.   Playing handheld games on a TV is nothing to write home about, since you could accomplish that with an HDMI out.  Playing your home games on a handheld is nice, but not worth the gimped graphics.

More importantly though, in your hypothetical, you're talking about someone who is already interested in Nintendo products.  If the person was that interested, they'd probably wind up with  a Nintendo system either way.  Maybe a few more would buy it this way, but not a whole lot more.

If Nintendo is going to be successful, they need to reach outside of the people who are already interested in their games.  And this is not going to do it.

Nintendo does have solid support from those 3 categories, its really not even debatable.

Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, Just Dance, Rayman, Sonic, Shin Megami Tensei, Runbow, SteamWorld, Fast Racing Neo, Guitar Hero, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, Yokai Watch, Professor Layton, Ace Attorney, Lego Dimensions/Avengers/Jurassic World/etc, Mighty Switch Force, Xeodrifter, Hatsune Miku, Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Disney Magical World, Etrian Odessey, Persona Q, Story of Seasons, Legend of Legacy, How To Train Your Dragon, Minecraft, Terraria, Gunman Clive, Extreme Exorcism, Affordable Space Adventures, Senran Kagura, Kingdom Hearts 3D, Resident Evil Revelations, Pac-Man Adventures, Final Fantasy Explorers, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Attack on Titan, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Popolocrois, 7th Dragon, Shantae, Oddworld, Harvest Moon, Fantasy Life, Rune Factory, Gravity Falls, Bravely Default, Theatrythm, Mutant Mudds, Axiom Verge, Freedom Planet, Art of Balance, Nano Assault, etc.

Nintendo does currently have solid 3rd party support among Japanese, indie & kid/family games.

Yes, $500, Wii U has been $300 since launch and the premium 3DS sku has been $200 for 4 years. But yes if you want to use 2DS instead its $400 so $400-500 in hardware to get the full Nintendo ecosystem.

And of course we dont know the price, im just saying a theoretical $250 hybrid device is potentially more appealing than having to buy 2 seperate devices that cost a combined $400-500.

Gimped graphics? Compared to what? If these rumors are true and NX uses the X2 than it will be like 3-4 times as powerful as Wii U and like 100 times as powerful as 3DS. Just because something isnt the most powerful device on the market does not mean its gimped.

There are millions of people who like various Nintendo franchises that dont own a Nintendo device for one reason or another. Making the barrier for entry lower while increasing the software output is a great way to get these people to take the plunge.

And i agree that Nintendo needs to attract people who arent already interested in their products hence why i pointed out that a unified library allows them to cut back on redundant titles and make more new IP.

Just out of curiosity, what do you believe is the best course of action for Nintendo?