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curl-6 on 26 August 2016
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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

The only people who would buy such a system for close to the same price as a PS4/X1 are diehard Nintendo fanatics and the Japanese. Unless it has all of the additional functionality of a tablet, (which it won't) it won't be seen as a viable alternative to an iPad.

Well Nikkei has been pretty much mostly correct every time they've reported something on Nintendo. They said Android apps on NX ... I think that's legit and gonna happen. 

Not just for functionality sake but because there's money Nintendo can make from having their own eShop distribute Android apps. 30% cut of each app's revenue adds up. 

Even today ... the 3DS XL, which is the 3DS model that's overwhelmingly the one people buy, is $200 ... you can get an XBox One with Quantum Break + Alan Wake + 500GB HDD right now for $50 more, lol. 

I can't see Nintendo making a full-blown multimedia device that's competitive as a tablet, that's just not their style.

And $50 is a big enough gap to be a distinction, which is why if the baseline price for a PS4/Xbone in 2017 is $300, NX needs to be $250 or less.