DragonKnight
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Beat me to it lol
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IndieGamerChick: NX more powerful than PS4/XB1, easy to develop for [rumor]
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Beat me to it lol
Milly Osworth
Member
The guy on Reddit says he knows nothing, very helpful.
Thanks. Looks like we may have to wait until tomorrow for some info according to this; https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4d7bz5/wasnt_uuntypedhero_suppose_to_give_more/d1oh53r
Early to mid 2017 for 3rd party ports? Shesh.
wild wild rice
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I have a hard time believing anyone who takes the time to post that they won't have time to post until tomorrow.
LuigiBlood
Member
It's faster to write a single sentence than a future potentially huge post.
The plot thickens.
How does the Reddit's verification process work? Is it the same as here on GAF/better/worse?
EDIT: Oh wow, dizzyzane is posting there too, lol. Do you remember dizzyzane, anyone? He even posted a link to GAF XD
Minus Bishoptl dropping his classic "Check your PMs", meaning shit is about to go down
EDIT: Oh wow, dizzyzane is posting there too, lol. Do you remember dizzyzane, anyone? He even posted a link to GAF XD
If what he says is true, it kind of points to a standard controller. Or at least any unique controller will be optional or have standard controller features.
So it could be anything lol.
Well, I can't imagine it being a truly unique experience like the Wiimote or even the virtual button idea. Got to imagine 3rd parties would need to properly account for those early on in the development.
Reminds me of when Rosti's sources were too busy with work to inform him of stuff.
If they're not going with x86 why bother changing from PowerPC?
To have a similar architecture with the handheld, thus realizing Iwata's goal of making their consoles & handhelds "like brothers", similar to the iPhone-iPad relationship. ARM is still a modern architecture that's supported heavily.
Lol I would love to see how that actually performs
Any specifics?
wild wild rice
Member
I always wondered what sort of evidence one has to present to a mod to become a verified insider, dev, whatever.
Should I really detail the difference in relying sources between a respected and dedicated to gaming site as GAF and the jungle Reddit is in terms of contents, people, fakes and everything?
AcademicSaucer
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Dark Cloud
Member
I just want some real info lol...it's coming soon I know. There's a rumor everyday now.
Milly Osworth
Member
So he is the guy that can tell what we WONT get.
I don't think that's the type of thing he'd know due to his sources.
Astral Dog
Member
A bit interesting, but thats alot of words to not say anything at all.
Quite a few people on GAF had already come to that conclusion.
Anybody could have called that.
LuigiBlood
Member
Well it would be a first for Pokémon to have the first footage shown on TV first. Not really surprising and if people were hyped too much, well, they dumb.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
If it's near ps4, they won't get left behind at all. After all, developers aren't going suddenly drop the 40 million consoles already out there by the time the updated ones launch.
There was no simply downscaling to run on Wii which meant It required building a different game. It's incredibly unlikely that happens again.
That's not really what he means.
Milly Osworth
Member
This seems like a pre WiiU post.
We should make a drinking game for how often this comment gets copy pasted.
TwEE-N-Toast
Banned
So many words to say absolutely nothing. Good thing he was verified.
Exterminieren
Banned
Christ, I didn't realise that was the criteria. I must be a leaker if that's the case.
Gamer @ Heart
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I'm not saying the games will come if the NX is comparable power wise. Just that they actually have CHANCE to come, unlike on the wii.
Hell, the Wii u barely got any ports outside of a few launch games and power wasn't the issue there. There are a bunch of reasons for that but not my point.
I'm more talking about how the Wii, despite being crazy successful, rarely got ports of ps360 games, outside of the call of dutys (because Activision actually had a dedicated Wii port studio in vicarious visions). The teams that made the bioshocks, tomb raiders, and assassins creeds couldn't be asked to make a Wii version because it would literally require building a separate game rather than a true port because of the power discrepancy. That is alot of man power for a potential port that may not be able to match the vision and execution of their game. If the NX matches current gen, at the very least, that won't be a hurdle.
Support will come down to market viability rather straight up resource allocation.
Pokemaniac
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Because x86 isn't some sliver bullet that makes all your porting problems disappear. Most porting work in this day any age has more to do with the OS and standard libraries. The actual architecture differences are, 9 times out of ten, dealt with by the compiler.
Also everything that matters supports ARM already, anyway, thanks to mobile.
Also PowerPC is DEAD in the consumer space. All current development on POWER is focused on supercomputers/mainframes, which have very different needs than console.
Everybody really should have seen that coming.
How so? Didn't the show advertise new Sun/Moon footage?
Pokemaniac
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There was a promo shot that came out before the show which showed them just watching the Direct trailer again.
While Pokemon Sunday (I'm not bothering to learn its current name) has premiered footage before, that shot really should have tipped everyone off that that wasn't happening this time.
Oh, thanks for clarifying.
Not at the same rate as inflation or the reduction in spending power, no. It's been a well-documented issue that even if you gave someone the equivalent of $1 in the 80s, they still have less buying power across nearly all industries than they did back then.
So an entirely assumptive reasoning then.
I wasn't making the reasoning of its viability at a price point over $250, only the idea that Nintendo will demand that to happen.
And this poster sums up the flaw in yours and Shiggy's reasoning quite well...
Great post. Perceived value on dollar will have more to do with NX's successes or failures than what the actual price point is. As has always been the case. And that perceived value is doomed to be exceptionally low if it targets something below what is expected from 3rd-parties and from consumers, which anything below PS4 spec is doomed to be.
The iterative model that Nintendo seems more committed to than Microsoft is gives them the flexibility to do that, if need be.
Though there's quite a number of consumers who, by virtue of having NOT bought a console yet, have not "aligned themselves" with anything, and 3rd-parties aren't in a position to draw lines in the sand if there are consumers they can serve on other hardware that will whittle away at their games' explosively-large production costs.
What's funny is that the PS4.5 and Xbox 1.5 might actually play into Nintendo's favor. Before, the NX would be releasing at a time when practically nobody would be interested in purchasing a new console this early. But now with all of the Big 3 offering (and presumably marketing) new consoles early, curious consumers are going to be comparing their options. And if NX has full third party support, is priced competitively, and has Nintendo's first party staples, that's one hell of an offer.
