Soundwave said:
One that coexisted with the Wii U? One that could run modern PC games?
This PS4-XB1 era I think we can agree is probably going to last 5-7 years. So 2 years from now will still be relatively early into this generation.
Since both the PS4/XB1 seem to have problems running even current PC games at 1080p, this gap is going to only get worse as better PC cards come out. Perhaps Nintendo can capitalize on both Sony/MS' relatively underpowered hardware.
Something that has a 20nm 3 TFLOP AMD GPU + 16GB of RAM. As in it soundly beats the snot out of a PS4 and crushes the XB1. Should be feasible in a couple of years. Nothing fancy otherwise, comes with a regular controller, but is compatible with all Wii/Wii U controllers as well, $300 or so. Lets call it the New Nintendo Entertainment System.
1.) It can run Wii U games, but newer Wii U titles can come specially programmed to take advantage of the new chip and run in 1080p full HD with anti-aliasing or perhaps even 2K/4K resolution. 4K displays should be more common in 2 years time, imagine playing Super Smash Bros. in 2K or 4K resolution. Crystal clear.
2.) It can run slightly modified PC games as it has a PC GPU (AMD). A third party can easily transfer their games (say Battlefield 5 or GTA VI) with little or no work, but they do have to pay Nintendo a licensing fee to get it on the platform. So Nintendo is suddenly getting licensing fee revenue for games they weren't previously. Win-win.
The original Wii U would be more of a budget platform by this time (sub $200). This new platform would be for the Western market and Western gamer.
Basically I'm thinking it would be like a "Steambox", just one made/controlled by Nintendo that also runs Wii U software ... so it can run all PC games (with Nintendo getting their licensing fee per title of course), which means a ton of third party support + Wii U games in higher resolution.
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First off I would like to say everything in this post is extremely stupid. 
Second, Both the PS4/X1 are slated to last 10 years.
Third, not if PC gamers start adopting adopting 4K so that will slow the gap becoming bigger.
Fourth, were already having issues on trying to double transistor counts and you expect 20nm silicon to be able to achieve 3TF at a less than $150 part ?! (The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result and I think you've gone at the deep end.)
@1) 4K ? Not in a snowballs worth of chance in hell if AMD's newest part such as the R9 290X is barely passing the mark with 6.2 billion transistors.
@2) The thing is the WII U's is an off the shelf part from the PC world. http://www.nintengen.com/2012/07/wii-u-confirmed-specs-from-sdk-gpu-info.html
Even though the cpu's architecture dates back to the gamecube, that won't mean that the developers aren't going to have to jump more hoops just to get it running on the wii u.
@Bold I hope your joking on this part because the steambox will go the way of a dinosaur or dreamcast. (LOL I seriously can not see any steambox like consoles winning.)
