Tryklon said:
maxleresistant said:
Some people would have preferred to have two great consoles, one home, one handheld. Instead of a 300$ monstruosity that barely qualifies as one or the other.
It's like when car manufacturers tried to build a car that can turn into a boat. Maybe it's better to have the two separately.
Most people aren't even asking Nintendo to make a 3TF or more home console. People would be happy to have a cheap console that is just on par with the rest. And in 2017, it's really not that hard to do that.
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But who can honestly think Nintendo would be able to compete on the home console market right now? PS4 has already 50 million consoles, XB 30 million, the market is stale for new players and to worst things, WiiU has left a sour mouth on many users.
Nintendo can only truly compete on the Portable market, but to do that they had to present something different, something inovative. And a "portable console" with very decent graphics that can be connected to a TV to play inside is a great bet.
As for the "powerhouse" home console, let Sony and Microsoft chase each other and we will see the same as last gen, 50 million PS, 30 million XB and 70 million Nintendo's on the streets!
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The problem is you think like Nintendo, you want easy, fast success. A console line is not built with one generation, but two or three. Nintendo made poor decisions with each and every consoles they made since the N64. N64 with cartidges, GC with small disc and a too much kid friendly design. Wii with it's poor online and lackluster specs, WiiU with everything about the WiiU.
When you hear complains about Nintendo, it's always the same, poor specs for a high price, useless gimmicks and poor third party support.Whose to say that if they just made a good system, cheap, like 250 with everything needed to compete with Xbox and Sony, plus great first party games, that it would not work? Maybe the first one will be a decent success, and then the trust will be rebuilt and the next one will be an even better success.
After the Wii/DS success, they had plenty of money to invest, to take risks. Instead they made the 3DS and WiiU... And now as a retreat move, they are out of the home console market.
You have something that is both a very underpowered, and expensive home system, and a powerful, but expensive and not practical handheld.
And it could have been fine, if all those compromise would have meant a great first party support. But right now, I don't see it at all.
