Industry Leading Technology
One of the reasons that the Nintendo struggled so much these past couple of years was its power. Now, there is nothing that says power leads to great games, but many of the biggest games in the past three years have been third-party titles. These developers and publishers like to work with the strongest hardware they can get there hands on so that they don’t have to make any sacrifices.
While the Wii U could stand toe-to-to with the Xbox 360 and PS3, it paled in comparison when placed next to their much more powerful successors. The original Wii didn’t need power to be successful; a unique concept at the time and the Nintendo name pushed it to the forefront and it set records. But lightning just couldn’t strike twice for the company.
It’s a good thing that Nintendo has become aware of this issue and seem to be pursuing a more powerful console, rumored to be capable of directly competing with the PS4 and Xbox One. Not only will this mean potentially bigger games with better graphics, but it will also be able to draw the attention of companies such as Bethesda, Rockstar, and all of those other devs and publishers that want to make innovative and boundary-pushing video games.
If the leading technology also brought along a solid network, different communication capabilities built right in, as well as other social mechanics such as direct streaming or sharing of images to a number of platforms, Nintendo will have caught up to something Microsoft and Sony have been leveraging for some time now.
