Part of it is tech specs are easy to compare, been that way since I started gaming. This system has 8 bits, that one has 16 bits, 16 is more than 8 so it must be better.

The issue for Nintendo will not be selling power, it will be selling value. The Wii was considered great value, the Wii U was not. If they can get the 3DS audience on board I think they'll be happy with sales.

Well said

And who said you can't be different AND be as powerful as a 3 years old console?

If the NX is not powerful enough to get the usual big third party games like FIFA, COD, BF, Assassin's Creed and others like that, it will be Wii U 2.0, it's pretty easy to understand this even without being "the same console".

You gotta keep in mind though, that the 3DS and Wii both were more powerful than their competition from the gen before; 3DS was still more powerful than PSP, and Wii were more powerful than the original Xbox. From what we're hearing regarding the NX, that won't be the case; it'll be a gen 9 console, weaker than it's main competition one generation behind! That's NEVER happened before. Ever. I think.

People are set in their ways. Nobody is going to buy COD on NX, or any Nintendo console. The market and demographic is much different. IT doesn't make since to try to be a consumer whore when the consumers aren't trying to get laid. Wii U failed because it was a poor concept, high price, and yes not enough games but not only was it not enough, it wasn't the right games. Nintendo was absent at launch besides a rehashed Mario game. NX won't share the same fate with software. Where Sega and Square Enix shunned Wii U with their more agressive software, NX seems to be getting some decent software from them. NX doesn't need Cod or BF, or any western 3rd party games because their consumer base doesn't care about them.

I dont think the WiiU was as powerful as the PS3.

I'm a gamer.  I like games.  I like all games.  I like Nintendo games most of all.  I would like a system that plays Nintendo games and 3rd party titles.  I don't care much about Sony and MS 1st party.  It's annoying that for the last decade Nintendo has produced systems that can't be a primary console because most of the industry ingnores them.  I don't really care about novel new interfaces.  I liked the Wii-mote for a time because it was a new experience, but eventually I bored of it and it was mostly just annoying in games like Skyward Sword.  And it was boring most of all because hot new franchises weren't on the system.  I liked Wii U but the screen was mostly useless and the size of the controller annoying.  The screen was cool for playing music at parties, but eventually it became pointless when Spotify could be selected on my phone.  Now it's just a big controller with a short battery life.  Innovation?  Creativity?  No, not for me.

I want Nintendo to make a good System with good games and support.  Preferably one that doesn't require me to by an XBox Scorpio in a year or two to play the latest new game concept from a random publisher that doesn't put its games on Nintendo's systems.  I'd like some hardware innoavation too, sure.  But something I will actually enjoy as a gamer.  shoulder buttons, synthesized sound, huge colour pallete and Mode-7 3D on SNES?  Yes please!  A touch screen on a pointlessly weak system?  No thanks.  Though I did enjoy the built-in speaker.

If NX has innovation, it should be in a way that enhances true gaming, not in a way designed to distract from cheaping out on power.  The cheap processors are so stupid anyway.  MS and Sony aren't breaking the bank on their kit, and Wii U had to be sold at a loss.  Just stupid decisions.

At the very least it has more power under the hood than the PS3, even if that doesn't reflect in the quality of graphics etc. And if that's the one and only time it has happened, well... case in point

yes, i went over that in my last post, Wii U released 6-7 years later than PS3/360 while NX is set to release 3.5 years after PS4/XBO but that doesnt really change anything because current PS4/XBO owners arent going to switch over to NX to play the same games and people who care about power are going to pick Pro/Scorpio.

NX could get multiplats but it will be the same as Wii U where they likely wont sell too well because the audience isnt there.

If you don't want the third party AAA crowd because you prefer to have the classic Nintendo gamer crowd, then your product will fail, and that's exactly what the Wii U did (a huge majority of Nintendo gamers bought the consoel now, but it's still nothing). For a home console to be popular, you need to give something for all kind of demographics. The Nintendo hardcore fans are a small market, too small for a home console to be successful without other demographics. And several demographics have everything they need on PS4 and Xbox One, so the NX need to offer something interesting for them too.

The NX will surely sell pretty well for its handheld part anyway, but if they split the 2 (home console on one SKU and handheld on another), then one SKU will massively outsell the other. And if they don't split the 2, then the overall console could be too expensive for the handheld market. We'll see how they manage this, but it's a tough balance act and Nintendo had some trouble with marketing and decisison-making lately...