NeonZ
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So it doesn't matter that it might have sub par graphics as long as it's cheap. Is that it?
Nintendo's one chance of having consistent and good software output is unifying their console and handheld lines. In order to focus on that, the console doesn't need to be that powerful, just enough for higher resolution versions of the games of their future portable.
Continuing with their usual business model and launching a PS4+ console midway through the generation would never work. People wouldn't throw away their XOnes and PS4s and buy an expensive console for minimally enhanced third party game ports (most which would come months late considering the march launch). It'd also result in Nintendo running into development resource bottlenecks again, since they'd need to prepare soon afterwards the launch line up of a completely separate handheld.