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So basically ignore this websiteNikkei wrong once again.
So basically ignore this websiteNikkei wrong once again.
But wouldn't it be a very basic OS?Android is just an OS, which has no bearing on hardware capabilities at all.
But wouldn't it be a very basic OS?
People probably thing it's gonna be like the Ouya or some shit. But yeah, I agree, I would have no problem with them using Android.
Android is open source so it can be as basic or complicated as Nintendo wants it to be, not too dissimilar to how Valve have forked Linux to make SteamOS. I reckon Nintendo using Android would save them a lot of time in developing the fundamentals of their OS, however. If there are things they want their cross-platform OS to do, and Android -- free and open source -- already does it, and does it well, why would Nintendo reinvent the wheel? It makes more sense for them to build something to their needs on top of that.But wouldn't it be a very basic OS?
I don't think it being like Ouya is a legitimate concern. Ouya got off the ground on Kickstarter (admittedly in the millions, but it was a small budget to launch a hardware platform, and it shows).
On the flip side, Nintendo is a multi-billion dollar corporation who have been developing games and console operating systems for decades, and I think people should be more trusting of Nintendo's judgement if they think Android is a good basis for their operating system. They will make it their own, so to speak, and it will serve the needs of their hardware and the games they want to make in the end.
In fact, I reckon it'd be so customised that if they do use it, then chances are end-users probably wouldn't know it was Android unless someone told them. I doubt we're going to see a situation where Google Play Store is going to be built in, or people can side-load their own APKs onto the platform(s).
I also doubt it'd affect the types of software being made and released. There's nothing precluding traditional games running on Android, save for the form factor that Android has traditionally run on and the business model surrounding the marketplace for those devices.
Fair enough. My understanding of the working behind the Android OS is limited, forgive me. If it is a console, then, we could still get hardware level with PS4/XO with Android?It's open source, so it could be literally anything.
But wouldn't it be a very basic OS?
This pretty much confirms that NX will use android.
It's like people don't know how this works. This pretty much confirms that NX will use android.
That's because they'll make their own "Nintendroid".
It's weird that Nintendo denies it so quickly.
This only means that it'll be true.
They did the same with the 3DS XL, right before E3.
The difference between this and previous times where they said they're not doing stuff but totally were (3DS XL, mobile) is that confirming this would have had no bearing on the commercial performance of any of their current products.
Fair enough. My understanding of the working behind the Android OS is limited, forgive me. If it is a console, then, we could still get hardware level with PS4/XO with Android?
Fair enough. My understanding of the working behind the Android OS is limited, forgive me. If it is a console, then, we could still get hardware level with PS4/XO with Android?
Yes. Android is just an OS. It has no baring on hardware.Fair enough. My understanding of the working behind the Android OS is limited, forgive me. If it is a console, then, we could still get hardware level with PS4/XO with Android?
I don't think it being like Ouya is a legitimate concern. Ouya got off the ground on Kickstarter (admittedly in the millions, but it was a small budget to launch a hardware platform, and it shows).
On the flip side, Nintendo is a multi-billion dollar corporation who have been developing games and console operating systems for decades, and I think people should be more trusting of Nintendo's judgement if they think Android is a good basis for their operating system. They will make it their own, so to speak, and it will serve the needs of their hardware and the games they want to make in the end.
In fact, I reckon it'd be so customised that if they do use it, then chances are end-users probably wouldn't know it was Android unless someone told them. I doubt we're going to see a situation where Google Play Store is going to be built in, or people can side-load their own APKs onto the platform(s).
I also doubt it'd affect the types of software being made and released. There's nothing precluding traditional games running on Android, save for the form factor that Android has traditionally run on and the business model surrounding the marketplace for those devices.
Fair enough. My understanding of the working behind the Android OS is limited, forgive me. If it is a console, then, we could still get hardware level with PS4/XO with Android?
Windows 10 with Bing it is then
So basically Android OS confirmed.
It's pretty ludicrous to hold on to the position that the NX will use Android when Nintendo has clearly said that it won't. I mean, if you're not going to accept the evidence, then you're just being irrational, not speculative.
I don't feel strongly about the NX using Android either way. I trust that they'll use whatever system is best for the hardware, whether it's one they make in-house or otherwise.
It's pretty ludicrous to hold on to the position that the NX will use Android when Nintendo has clearly said that it won't. I mean, if you're not going to accept the evidence, then you're just being irrational, not speculative.
I don't feel strongly about the NX using Android either way. I trust that they'll use whatever system is best for the hardware, whether it's one they make in-house or otherwise.
It's pretty ludicrous to hold on to the position that the NX will use Android when Nintendo has clearly said that it won't. I mean, if you're not going to accept the evidence, then you're just being irrational, not speculative.
I don't feel strongly about the NX using Android either way. I trust that they'll use whatever system is best for the hardware, whether it's one they make in-house or otherwise.
Nintendo: It's not true
Everyone: So it MUST be true.
I swear...I don't even care if its true or not, it's just funny how reverse psychology you guys all are on how badly you seem to want this to be true.
Nintendo: It's not true
Everyone: So it MUST be true.
I swear...I don't even care if its true or not, it's just funny how reverse psychology you guys all are on how badly you seem to want this to be true.
You act like Nintendo hasn't done this before. Most notably being the 3DS XL denial and subsequent announcement.