That wouldn't make money, or not enough money. Even if they made a console with superior specs to Scorpio/Neo, 3rd parties wouldn't return unless it sold so many consoles it was too hard to ignore. Which means it would have to sell on it's own merits (innovative gimmicks, Nintendo first/second party software). If that fails, Nintendo just wasted a shit ton of cash on expensive consoles they had to sell at a loss in the first place because having better specs than Scorpio doesn't come cheap.
The big 3rd party publishers (EA, Ubisoft, etc) don't develop for Sony/MS because of the superior hardware - the develop for them because those two companies pour millions into marketing for those 3rd party's games and bend over backwards to please them. Nintendo just isn't going to do that.
The big 3rd party publishers (EA, Ubisoft, etc) don't develop for Sony/MS because of the superior hardware - the develop for them because those two companies pour millions into marketing for those 3rd party's games and bend over backwards to please them. Nintendo just isn't going to do that.