Now, I want to ask Minecraft Forum's Other Games forum one question:
What would be the successors to the Nintendo Wii and 3DS?
Think about it. The Nintendo Wii has already perfected motion controls, plus it has a great library of games. What can succeed that? Same thing about the 3DS. The graphics are supposed to be tier of that of an X-Box if I recall, plus the graphics are supposed to jump out of the screen without the usage of 3D glasses. What can succeed this?
I'm not saying Nintendo is godly or is better than all 1st party game companies, I'm just asking what would succeed these systems.
I think the logical next step for Nintendo is simply to increase hardware specs. They've carved out a specific role in the market which has proven extremely profitable, they have a feature that sets them apart from other consoles with the motion control (or did until the Kinect and Move came out, but regardless their system has much more cred than either of these effort, probably because they're more recent) and they have an expansive fan and user base.
What they don't really have is a very powerful piece of hardware. The Xbox 360 isn't really much more expensive (if at all - not really up to date on these things) than a Wii anymore, and is vastly more powerful in terms of hardware. You could argue that Nintendo don't need good graphics for the kinds of games they're making, but maybe if their console was more powerful it'd be more attractive to more hardcore gamers, and to developers making that style of games, therby expanding their market. Right now, the Wii is the butt of many-a joke for the more hardcore crowd, and rightly so.
The low price-point was always one of the Wii's strengths, but it's obvious it could be much more powerful and stay around the same price.
I'm not convinced investing in 3D support is vital yet. There aren't many people with 3D TVs, and it's not yet really clear how much they're going to catch on - I know that I personally am not really interested in one. I think it's a better move to wait on that one, although you could argue that there's really no reason NOT to include it, and it's potentially good future-proofing.
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What would be the successors to the Nintendo Wii and 3DS?
Think about it. The Nintendo Wii has already perfected motion controls, plus it has a great library of games. What can succeed that? Same thing about the 3DS. The graphics are supposed to be tier of that of an X-Box if I recall, plus the graphics are supposed to jump out of the screen without the usage of 3D glasses. What can succeed this?
I'm not saying Nintendo is godly or is better than all 1st party game companies, I'm just asking what would succeed these systems.
What they don't really have is a very powerful piece of hardware. The Xbox 360 isn't really much more expensive (if at all - not really up to date on these things) than a Wii anymore, and is vastly more powerful in terms of hardware. You could argue that Nintendo don't need good graphics for the kinds of games they're making, but maybe if their console was more powerful it'd be more attractive to more hardcore gamers, and to developers making that style of games, therby expanding their market. Right now, the Wii is the butt of many-a joke for the more hardcore crowd, and rightly so.
The low price-point was always one of the Wii's strengths, but it's obvious it could be much more powerful and stay around the same price.
I'm not convinced investing in 3D support is vital yet. There aren't many people with 3D TVs, and it's not yet really clear how much they're going to catch on - I know that I personally am not really interested in one. I think it's a better move to wait on that one, although you could argue that there's really no reason NOT to include it, and it's potentially good future-proofing.
Relax. Take a deep breath. Everything's not going to be O.K.