Iyasu said:
Depends on who they define as their traditional customers. I understood the quotes from Miyamoto, of wanting to move away from casual gamers towards the core gamer, to be a "no more Wii Fit" kinda thing and not a "more challenge and old school gaming" thing. They still see kids as their main target group, and their consoles as toys, so most games tend to be pretty easy for seasoned players. But you're probably right. As a traditional Nintendo gamer, being with Nintendo since the NES (only skipped Wii & DS), I'd probably also take a console with a traditional controller without the extra screen. Traditional Nintendo gamers are there for the Nintendo IP, so they'll probably come as long as Nintendo doesn't screw their IPs up. But I'd prefer to have a controller with a screen, because I think there are still many things that could be improved or done with a (or multiple) second screen controller(s) with more capable hardware. But if they toss the second screen I know I'll miss: I fear without the Gamepad Nintendo will probably throw in some other gimmick, to differentiate themselves from Sony and Microsoft, that will alienate them from the competitors customers, and gain nothing from it. |
Well, that Free Form Display tech from Sharp would certainly help to make a smaller Gamepad, but the key part for a new Gamepad kind of controller will be its price.
We all know that the Gamepad has been one of the causes (if not the nº 1) that made the Wii U so expensive at launch and that has stopped Nintendo to make more price cuts. That thing is expensive. And that means that Nintendo will think twice about using something similar again.
That's why, if the streaming chip/hardware on the console side is cheap enough, Nintendo could choose implement it on the NX but without a controller that could use it. Instead, they would put the necessary tech into the handheld to avoid extra expenses on the home console side and to encourage NX home console users to also buy their NX handheld.
And one of the best ways to do that would be with a new cross platform Luigi's Mansion game. If you buy the home console game, you play it as you did in the GameCube, if you get it on the NX handheld you play it as the 3DS game (... if the handheld has 2 screens, but that is another question), but if you have both consoles and buy the game (with cross-buy, ofc), you can play the game like you did in the NintendoLand minigame. And like that, a few other games.
It's a way to encourage owning both consoles, so Nintendo would get more console sales and split some of its hardware costs between both platforms.
Please excuse my bad English.
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