22nd June 2016, 7:37 PM
Here's myenhanced rewrite of all this, posted on my site: http://www.blackfalcongames.net/?p=288#N...peculation
The biggest change is the NX section, rewriting things to reflect the likelihood of Nintendo not enhanching the NX in response to Scorpio and PS4 Neo. In short, I am worried, because sticking with dated hardware does lead to Nintendo games looking better than ever, but also continues to give third parties too-good excuses for passing on Nintendo ports of their games... and yes, most of those games wouldn't come over anyway, but there are surely some key losses. But to be fair competitive hardware would be very expensive, and that's a big risk for Nintendo as well. These are challenging times for this industry, with the growth of smartphone games peeling so many casuals away from console and handheld gaming at a time when development costs just continue to skyrocket! But even so, I really would love to see Nintendo make a power-competitive system again. Ah well, "Nintendo's most powerful system ever" will have to do... and I hope it's enough to make the NX succeed.
The biggest change is the NX section, rewriting things to reflect the likelihood of Nintendo not enhanching the NX in response to Scorpio and PS4 Neo. In short, I am worried, because sticking with dated hardware does lead to Nintendo games looking better than ever, but also continues to give third parties too-good excuses for passing on Nintendo ports of their games... and yes, most of those games wouldn't come over anyway, but there are surely some key losses. But to be fair competitive hardware would be very expensive, and that's a big risk for Nintendo as well. These are challenging times for this industry, with the growth of smartphone games peeling so many casuals away from console and handheld gaming at a time when development costs just continue to skyrocket! But even so, I really would love to see Nintendo make a power-competitive system again. Ah well, "Nintendo's most powerful system ever" will have to do... and I hope it's enough to make the NX succeed.
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