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Nikkei: Nintendo's NX platform will use an Android OS
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HUELEN10
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Welp...
Seriously guys, it may use a forked version of a type of popular Linux as a basis. So what? That has ZERO to do with compatibility, UI, security, or anything else. Stop taking this as something it's not guys.
Nintendo has a damn fucking aggressive legal team, so I reckon they've worked out something they're confident in at least. That said, DS/3DS piracy was mad..
Aaaaand It'll be hacked within 5 hours.
5 hours? More like 5 minutes
I don't believe they will go with Android OS since it's so easy to hack and pirate stuff
Status: Still doomed
Ninja Scooter
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the topic title isn't claiming any type of confirmation, it's citing Nikkei, which is correct.
Quadraphonic
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Exactly. When nVidia just revealed their Shield Pro Android TV device.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XO7AK1U/?tag=neogaf0e-20
$300 for a monster.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Status: Still doomed
I knew that much!!!!
Nikkei before E3; its a rumour but fuck it's Nikkei about Nintendo just before E3 its probably true maybe not. EMOTIONS.
Pretty sure it'll be hacked in its first public showing.Aaaaand It'll be hacked within 5 hours.
Is piracy truly an issue for a company so big in the possible ecosystem of the Android platform? The player base they'd be opening themselves up to effortless dwarfs those who would hunt for pirated copies and the like.
Not saying for them to be flabby, but they're such a company where they very likely won't struggle.
Maintenance
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But that is still a rumor. And it is claiming that it will use Android OS.
GoonerTRON
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Well with the phone focus they needed android. This is a pretty big win. But for console focused games. Ugh...`
Father_Brain
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Probably the former, a la Fire OS.
The idea here would presumably not be for Nintendo to give up all control of the NX OS.
Hero_of_the_Day
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True and people tried to explain this but no one could wrap their narrow mind around it.
Anyway, good. Now they should do faster emulating work.
People will still be miffed and we will still have to remind them that they already said that.
victreeb3l
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Hope this just means Android apps and games will work on this device. Otherwise, piracy of Nintendo games will probably increase greatly.
SolarPowered
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No way to know. There are no hard facts we know of besides the Android OS and the fact that NX is a dedicated gaming platform. We don't even know if it is a handheld or a home console. There is no reason to freak out or even be underwhelmed. We know nothing and the machine is at least 17 months away from landing on store shelves.
Ninja Scooter
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and?
I'm not going to post the entire article, but the relevant part is here:
(And before anyone freaks out, the final line about the next Dragon Quest game being on PS4 is probably referring to DQH2.
)TheGreatMightyPoo
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Title makes it seem like fact.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Corporate Nintendo will always claim otherwise when the news spread; however, the Nikkei has been mostly on the money in regards to Nintendo.
Maybe Nintendo is looking at Android OS as their basis for their own internally developed-operating system? It would surprise me if Nintendo adopted Android OS outright.
Maintenance
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Where is rumor in the title?
I'm not the technical guy to do this, but someone might need to explain what "based on android" means XD
Strange Young Man
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A lot of assumptions about form factor and hardware specifications are going to be presented by people who don't have any real understanding about what they're talking about.
Ninja Scooter
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because that's what Nikkei (hence the "Nikkei:" at the beginning of the title) is saying.
Bjoern the Smexy
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People already seem to assume that "android based" means "criminally underpowered because it's the OS of smartphones".
Way to jump to conclusions already, guys!
Way to jump to conclusions already, guys!
Azure Dream
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Less time building basic features, more time skinning it with Nintendo-style quirks. I'm ok with this.
Granted, Nintendo may actively disable some features they'd get for free, because that can be their style. But it gives them a base to work from, anyway.
Granted, Nintendo may actively disable some features they'd get for free, because that can be their style. But it gives them a base to work from, anyway.
Guys, just because it's running Android doesn't mean it's going to be an Ouya. Knowing Nintendo I'm pretty sure they're going to make a super customized skin like FireOS.
People seem to forget the Dreamcast ran Windows CE. That didn't mean the Dreamcast was suddenly a computer.
People seem to forget the Dreamcast ran Windows CE. That didn't mean the Dreamcast was suddenly a computer.
That's what I was thinking, it's likely to be a (heavily) modified version of AOSP with some security/anti-piracy measures thrown in. I'd be very curious what they do to the system, since I imagine using AOSP for a console requires a lot of heavy optimizing since Android is not the most efficient platform.
Just because Google haven't implemented heavy ass DRM it doesn't mean Nintendo will not. Piracy is just as easy as you allow it to be.
Maintenance
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Unless it is Nintendo saying, it is still a rumor. Doesn't matter if it is Nikkei or IGN or anybody else.
Ninja Scooter
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The worry might come from this + Nintendo's recent partnership with DeNA about just what kind of games/console Nintendo is focusing on in the future.
We know nothing at the moment, but a Nintendo devices would have bigger exclusives to push it at the very least.
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