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So basically eight Gamecubes duct-taped together.
At least we will play Four Swords Adventures.
And we will have three spare GameCubes!
So basically eight Gamecubes duct-taped together.
Mobile socs aren't nearly as powerful enough with a sustainable battery life. Unless nintendo has discovered a breakthrough in battery technology don't get your hopes up. Not to mention nintendo leans towards low powered devices anyhow.I hope its a portable with WiiU level graphics.
Consider the fact that Ouya almost didn't exist as any significant force in the market...
....yet it still got "big" games like Final Fantasy III.
I'd say that a mobile-port box with marketing behind it would gain a lot of quick n dirty ports that it would never have gotten otherwise..
Mobile socs aren't nearly as powerful enough with a sustainable battery life. Unless nintendo has discovered a breakthrough in battery technology don't get your hopes up. Not to mention nintendo leans towards low powered devices anyhow.
People here saying that Nintendo is lame, backwards and can go into oblivion unless NX is portable.
But what if NX is portable? I mean, 3DS was made in 2011, when Wii was stills supported. It has a fair share of bottlenecks that Nintendo cannot overcome even with New 3DS (screen resolution is the main one).
I am definitely waiting for 3DS successor, in quirky and twisted way comparable to DS.
A $300-$350 system is closer to the Wii U. If the console failed because surprise, a high powered console doesn't fix their 3rd party problem, or consumers don't want to pay a high entry to Nintendos content...
A PS4 like system is a much bigger risk. Nintendo being locked into another high priced console w/ no room to slash, is exactly like the Wii U situation.
Going less powerful with the gimmick being its a handheld as well will fail worse it won't attract the none hardcore crowd and it will piss off the hardcore.
Remember the days Nintendo hyped brute force specs.
Snes - N64 - Gamecube.
What a shame.
I never said what I believed nintendo should do, merely what they shouldn't and that's design the NX after the Wii U. Lord help them if they name it the Wii U+
PS4 is not a high priced console or even risky in whatever way.
What if it's $99,- without a controller? Just use your old stuff or buy separately. Their handling of 3DS chargers lets me worry about this.
No way they do. That is just killing their third-party support.
They're going to do a new portable, but there's strong implications that the NX will be a home console. Plus, the 3DS can survive longer than the Wii U. 3DS sales are declining, but they're still far above Wii U sales.
Remember the days Nintendo hyped brute force specs.
Snes - N64 - Gamecube.
What a shame.
People here saying that Nintendo is lame, backwards and can go into oblivion unless NX is portable.
But what if NX is portable? I mean, 3DS was made in 2011, when Wii was stills supported. It has a fair share of bottlenecks that Nintendo cannot overcome even with New 3DS (screen resolution is the main one).
I am definitely waiting for 3DS successor, in quirky and twisted way comparable to DS.
PS4 is not a high priced console or even risky in whatever way.
It's the faux enthusiast perspective of chasing the norm as established by the old pattern of ever increasing hardware specifications and iterations of console generations. It's what most "gamers" are used to, and also to a certain extent what they like: evolving processing technology for fancy graphics and bigger games. And I mean, I'm one of them too, otherwise I wouldn't be ever chasing those new GPUs and monitor tech for my PC.
But it's an outdated, short sighted perspective of a broad industry that hasn't exclusively operated on this wavelength for a long time now. It's a perspective that is somewhat tainted by the cynical, exclusionary attitude towards "non-games" and "mobile games" as if they don't fit under the same umbrella as your Akrhams, GTAs, Elder Scrolls, Halos, and whatnot.
Fact of the matter is that there are no and have never been any rules to software and hardware and what constitutes as a market and success within those markets. There are obviously lessons to be learned and established patterns of market viability that shouldn't be ignored (the Wii U is an excellent example of a colossal fuckup in this area).
But the fact of the matter is that many people mistaken their wants for what should be. People here, and elsewhere, want a Nintendo platform that follows the rules and patterns of Sony and Microsoft, and the Nintendo circa GameCube, where a predicable leap in hardware power is presented identical to competitors while approaching the exact same market with little difference other than banking on Nintendo branded software to differentiate. Reality: Nintendo bowed out of this race ten years ago and have routinely expressed no interest of rejoining.
As someone who fucking loves cutting edge tech and what it can do for software I wouldn't personally say no to a Nintendo console that competes with Sony/Microsoft, and what that would mean for the Nintendo software I love. But it's not going to happen and just because I want it does not mean it has to happen. Video gaming software as a market and industry cannot and will not survive on being a niche, one dimensional hardware race where everybody runs the same race. Apple/Android have already proven this isn't necessary. Hell Nintendo proved this with the Wii. Ya'll may not like it and it may not be the product you want. It may not herald in success for Nintendo because what matters most is the specifics not just simple descriptions of a vague direction. But it is what it is, and it's been long time to get the fuck over it. Doubly so if you're interested in Nintendo software but keep waiting for them to return to a hardware race they abandoned a decade ago.
Not as powerful as PS4 is one thing, but it can't be radically different architecturally than current gen consoles if they want decent ports.
I did not say anything about what exactly it is, just that it will not compete with the PS4 on a power level.
No way they do. That is just killing their third-party support.
The Wii U audience consists of people who'd buy Nintendo games regardless of what they do.
I think they're not thinking of that audience at all. They're thinking how how to attract literally everyone but the Wii U audience.
Joke post? FF3 a "big" third party game in 2015? Why would people pay $200 for a system that has games they can already play on their phones?
I would love to see a 3ds successor handheld with an 800x480 top screen (4x the 3ds resolution). Keep backwards compatibility with3ds and I'm there. Not expecting them to keep the stereoscopic 3d but I'd love to have it if possible.
No third party support confirmed.
They're going to do a new portable at some point inevitably, but there's strong implications that the NX will be a home console. Plus, the 3DS can survive longer than the Wii U. 3DS sales are declining, but they're still far above Wii U sales.
Is it even possible to deliver a home console at that price? The Wii was more than that a decade ago, and consisted of repackaged GameCube hardware with a motion controller.
Hope NX is a handheld. Their next home console should be powerful. They don't want to make the same mistakes again.
It is for Nintendo.
Consider the fact that Ouya almost didn't exist as any significant force in the market...
....yet it still got "big" games like Final Fantasy III.
I'd say that a mobile-port box with marketing behind it would gain a lot of quick n dirty ports that it would never have gotten otherwise..
So here's something that the OP doesn't have, regarding whether it's a console or a handheld:
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/617110715414016004
So he immediately dodged what kind of hardware it was, because he doesn't know. And since we already knew this was a multi-form factor project... there's now a possibility that itsfuckingnothing.gif
Mind you, if they do release a console that can't even reach PS4, the last transaction I make with Nintendo is donating them a new shovel so they can keep digging themselves that deep cavernous hole they're in.
So is this, if it relates to the console.
If that's their goal, this is absolutely the worst way to try. Again, if it relates to the console.
No, it's not.
The Playstation 4 was released for 50$ more than the WiiU Deluxe at it's launch and was a gen better, while the PS4 business was profitable since the first day.
You really need to try very hard to make a console weaker than the PS4 in 2016/2017.
I think it would piss off the AAA game playing hardcore, sure.
But device like this would certainly get all the indie games and such, so it would please that type of hardcore.
I don't think this box is where CoD or Assassin's Creed fans would go. It's not going to be the prettiest place to play or have the best online.
But a place where you can play Mario Kart and Hotline Miami? That's still a kind of hardcore gamer.
Of course it wont't compete with them ... It will destroy them by having 3x more power!
ok sry
Yep. I agree with this all. I LOVE nintendo but I know they wont jump into that race again and I'm fine with that if they can carve out a niche outside of the norm.
This is all sounds like information that was dug out from linkedin profiles, which he clearly stalks. What else has he "rumored".NOTE: The quote in the title is redacted because character limit.
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/617098268674273281
For those who doesn't know - this guy had reported about PS4 Uncharted collection, Fallout 4 Pip-boy collector's edition etc. before they were announced. He also has information about PS4/XBO port of ZombiU which is not yet confirmed but there was "Zombi" for Xbox One by Ubisoft in one of rating agency lists recently. So this guy seems to really have some inside information.
Lock if inappropriate.
So here's something that the OP doesn't have, regarding whether it's a console or a handheld:
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/617110715414016004
So he immediately dodged what kind of hardware it was, because he doesn't know what the hell it even is.