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Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider
What is up with Nintendo not modernizing the graphics on their consoles? It shouldn't be all that difficult to build a Nintendo console with all the quirks/bonuses and keep up with modern graphics capabilities.
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The Wii didn't anticipate the jump to consoles aiming closer to PC graphics, and it was a unique device that pushed how you interacted with games. It was less a direct competitor to MS or Sony.
The lack of hit titles available across other platforms due to the hardware was a handicap.
Nintendo foolishly dismissed that handicap and again Nintendo tried to introduce another novel new console. The WiiU was dead on launch because the features that it offered that were unique weren't going to compensate for the lesser hardware.
They don't have to be the most powerful machine, but it can't be a peashooter going up against machine guns.
If they have comparable specs to offer the same titles otherwise they have tons of console exclusives in their portfolio to be an attractive option.
Nintendo has a great cache of titles exclusive to them to draw in buyers. The key is getting more people who don't own multiple platforms to pick Nintendo and the less they have to make tradeoffs the easier it is for them to make their offering that more attractive and not feeling like a tradeoff outside of the exclusives every platform has which Nintendo has probably the greatest offering.