User blog comment:Ismael777/Nintendo HyperSpace Concept/@comment-24495139-20140515011310/@comment-3448772-20140520005309

Okay to explain this in terms of the eighth generation consoles:

These are the original market values for the eighth generation consoles:


 * Wii U - $299
 * PS4 - $399
 * XboxOne - $499

For most gamers, the price of the console they are buying is very important. Nintendo has to be able to sell their consoles around or below the prices of the consoles sold by their competitors in order to sell a decent amount of consoles. The Nintendo HyperSpace would probably cost at the very minimum $1500.

So compared to the likely costs for the next gen consoles:


 * Sony - $399
 * Microsoft - $499
 * Nintendo - $1500

It would be way out of the price range of many casual gamers, and thus would generate very few sales.