I have a theory. What if the NX follows the path of the Vita hardware-wise? What if the NX is mainly a portable device, and the home console is just a screenless version of it, like the PS TV. They could make it so it has the same power as the main version, but without some components to make it really cheap (no screen and no disc-reader or cartridge reader). If they could manage to make it look good, we could have a next gen handheld that releases for 200€ and a home console that costs way less, maybe as an incentive to go digital-only. With that price and enough games, even a machine with the power levels of a WiiU could sell really well.

Anything is possible, but I dont think there is a logic to have handheld and home device with same power.

Personally, I think better chances are for portable device that can hook on TV and play games on TV too. But biggest chances are for handheld and home console devices with hevi integration (for instance you can use handheld like Wii U gamepad for home console) that can play same games, only for home console games would work in 1080p and for handheld in 540p with less details.

Nintendo should just stick with software business like every games of theirs avaiable for all platforms from consoles to PC to mobile. They would make more money from that tbh.

I doubt it'll come out in 2016. I could see 2017 or 2018 though.

I don't think there is a way to avoid going against a similar priced (or even lower price) PS4, unless they want to be drastically underpowered again. Even if they released it next year, it still has to compete with two consoles with larger game libraries at a similar cost. What it needs to have going for it is games that can look better as well as perform better than the other two out the gate. To get that at a reasonable price in 2016 doesn't seem likely.  

What it needs going for it is a lot of first party titles and exclusives from third parties. That simply isn't going to happen in 2016. What we'd be looking at in 2016 is another Wii U launch. A couple late mutliplats, a couple of multiplat releases that would be alongside the others (none of which would really be any better than the competition), and one or two 1st party (of which would probably be cross gen and not showing any real capabilities of the NX).

Also, thinking the PS4 will be $250 in 2017, lol. I say good luck to that, the PS3 didn't hit that price cut until 6 years in its life cycle. Even then, the deluxe model was $299. In 2017 the PS4 will be floating around a $300 price point for the basic.

Basically, what I'm getting from you is Nintendo should get the console out next year, in no way be more powerful (and probably not even be as powerful as based on the fact you want it to RELEASE at a cheaper price point of the inevitable price cut of the PS4 next year) than the competition, and rely on the fact that you have more third party multiplat games to move the NX? I would say look at the sales of multipat to 1st party titles on what sells Nintendo consoles.

I say wait a year longer, beef up the hardware as much as possible (hopefully getting the console to the point of performing better at some level than the competition, but even if not making it better than at least equal the power of them) at a decent price, and stack the launch line up with as many 1st party titles and exclusives as possible (giving third party devs some time to create games being odds are they either got dev kits at E3 and shortly after, they were talking about making games for it ) or at least within a reasonable freaking window (we're still waiting for Xenoblade X and Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, a Jan 2013 direct announcement). They could probably also use some extra time designing it and naming it. 

I completely believe Nintendo would have a FAR better launch of the NX with 8 first party/exclusive titles, than it would with 4 first party/exclusive and 4 multiplats. The multiplats are gonna come if the initial sales are there and companies see it as a viable expense to make games for it.

Yeah, we already know that isn't happening.

Thank God.

That is way to late and would just repeat the WiiU if the NX doesn't come out before 2017.

2016 is too early for the next home console to release. 2017 or 2018. If NX is a handheld, 2017 is likely it's launch year.

Why is too early?

Nintendo already realased biggest IPs on Wii U (expect Zelda that will be realased next year), and Wii U sales are still bad, next year can be only worst than this year, not to mentione 2017 or 2018.

All points that Nintendo will release next hardware in 2016, maybe we could gate something in 2017 at the latest, but 2018 is definitely too late.

Nintendo home console usually have life span of 5 years, in NX home console arrive next year it will have life span just one year shorter than usual, original Xbox also had 4 years life span.

They need to give handheld developers stronger hardware pretty soon too. While the 3DS is still making money and still has some great titles coming, look at how many 3rd parties the Vita is getting while the 3DS is not. These are not just small indies or niche projects: games like Minecraft or DQ Builders are nowhere to be seen on 3DS. It makes sense to bring the games to the platform with more users, yet despise outselling the Vita 5:1, the Vita now has a bigger 3rd party lineup for 2015 and 2016. If the handheld market were in a healthier state, this would horrify Nintendo.

If the 3DS had a similar power to the Vita, we would have seen way more developers working for it. The WiiU isn't the only machine to replace.