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Report: NX to Feature PS4 -style Split D-Pad and Share Button
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InsaneTiger
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I love all these hand drawn sketches. First Neo, now the NX.
What if WE are the d-pad?
Davey Cakes
Member
They can continue doing that and supporting storage solutions.
Remember, the NX is supposedly a mobile-like device. 3DS officially supports up to 32GB SD cards, right? And the NX is supposedly using cartridges like those on 3DS (or they're some version of SD cards). It sounds like the system will be primarily a handheld sort of deal, and anyone who wants the console experience will have options to maximize the console functionality, such as additional storage, and perhaps even supplementary computing devices (docks?) down the line.
LuigiBlood
Member
To be honest if it's a portable device I don't blame Nintendo for not putting much.
Storage is easy to get for anybody...
Storage is easy to get for anybody...
Since it was posted at the end of last page... XD
It also allows to quickly save and upload later. Like on PS4 pressing once saves a screenshot, pressing twice records a clip until you press it again.
No need to upload directly. This just makes it easier and faster. There are 10 years old cameras that had share buttons and allowed to upload to Facebook, whenever you went online.
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NX should have no problem officially supporting 256GB SD Cards, plus can use USB drives too.
Same way people "share" stuff using tablets, phones, even 3DS and Vita. Mobile data, mobile hotspots, wi-fi.
It also allows to quickly save and upload later. Like on PS4 pressing once saves a screenshot, pressing twice records a clip until you press it again.
No need to upload directly. This just makes it easier and faster. There are 10 years old cameras that had share buttons and allowed to upload to Facebook, whenever you went online.
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Officially, up to 32GB but can use to 128GB, as long as its formatted to FAT32.
NX should have no problem officially supporting 256GB SD Cards, plus can use USB drives too.
Skittzo0413
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What's wrong with a share button on a handheld or hybrid? Most people use their handhelds at home or somewhere with wi-fi, and it's still usable with console part of the hybrid...
what makes you think they aren't going to continue to do that? they pushed digital downloads with the 3DS and it had even less storage.
Davey Cakes
Member
Exactly. On Wii U it was a problem because of being a console. There are expectations there. But with the Gamepad, the damn thing was already too expensive. I think a $400 Wii U with more storage wouldn't fared much better honestly.
BUT, with NX it's very clear that the mobile/handheld philosophy is in place, and the price has to be kept to a bare minimum. The base unit needs to be impulse buy territory for the regular consumer so while a lot of us think storage is important, Nintendo's idea that people can find their own storage solutions is more apt than ever.
TheMagician
Member
The file sizes are tiny compared to HD games.
Even an 128gb SD Card wouldn't store a lot of Wii U content.
Milly Osworth
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It will most likely be different if it has to double as actual buttons when you detach the controllers.
ajfoucault
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I'd prefer at least 256 GB of storage capacity. That's the minimum required for most devices nowadays.
wild wild rice
Member
Just kinda hoped games are getting bigger + a great selling point of a hybrid would be having all your games with you + the new Nintendo reward system being purely digital + getting with the times = larger internal storage
expandable memory on a mobile device isn't getting with the times?
Wii U titles are insanely tiny, with a few exceptions (Smash, Xeno, TMS, likely Zelda).
256GB of fast flash memory isn't feasible unless you want to pay premium price for this thing, and you can't put a HDD inside a portable device. It's a good thing that you can use a micro sd if and when you want to do that, and that they go up to 2TB now.
In any case we're talking about a console with game cards. You won't need to install anything here.
Calm Mind
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TheGreatMightyPoo
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She's Reggie.
On handlehelds devices? not even the iphones have that capacity
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wild wild rice
Member
The key word here is I was hoping. Just a preference. I see how it makes sense for them to do what they're doing.
Dark Cloud
Member
I hate to say it, but people are going to say "the NX is the successor to the Wii U and it needs more space".
This is for those people who will look at the console side of the hybrid and not even think it's first and foremost a handheld...
This is for those people who will look at the console side of the hybrid and not even think it's first and foremost a handheld...
ah ok, I was responding to your last point of getting with the times
It's a handheld. You can't fit a hard drive in a handheld.
Most NX games will probably take up far less than 32gb, so I wonder if patches / dlc / save games can all be saved on the game cartridge. Would reduce need for internal storage as well as being very practical. Digital only consumers would still have to supplement with sd cards / external storage though.
Edit:
The dock will have USB ports.
Edit:
The dock will have USB ports.
This all makes a ton of sense, so much so that you might wonder whether it is actually a leak and not a lucky guess for fame lol.
Asymmetrical stick placement and split dpad most likely means identical controllers on either side so that you can play multiplayer without battling for 'the best controller'. The share button makes sense because Nintendo has been working on Miiverse sharing well before PlayStation implemented it, they just hadn't developed the right infrastructure for it.
So yeah, makes complete sense.
The 32gb internal storage though, fucking garbage.
Asymmetrical stick placement and split dpad most likely means identical controllers on either side so that you can play multiplayer without battling for 'the best controller'. The share button makes sense because Nintendo has been working on Miiverse sharing well before PlayStation implemented it, they just hadn't developed the right infrastructure for it.
So yeah, makes complete sense.
The 32gb internal storage though, fucking garbage.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
It all just sounds too much at once. And you put 32GB in it... cant even use the feature out of the box properlySame way people "share" stuff using tablets, phones, even 3DS and Vita. Mobile data, mobile hotspots, wi-fi.
It also allows to quickly save and upload later. Like on PS4 pressing once saves a screenshot, pressing twice records a clip until you press it again.
No need to upload directly. This just makes it easier and faster. There are 10 years old cameras that had share buttons and allowed to upload to Facebook, whenever you went online.
edit: So yall saying NX gonna be able to connect to mobile data? lol
How much storage are you expecting on a portable device, and how would that storage be implemented?
Try thinking for a change. It's good for you.
64GB would seem smarter..just so it could store a couple of the biggest games at least.
Of course it possible that the dev kits are restricted to 32GB internal memory purely because that's going to be the largest size for retail games.
Soulscribe
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Nintendo pls
DerekOfTheDykes
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It's weird how the concept of "microSD cards" seems to evade people so easily.
32GB is PERFECT for onboard storage in a handheld, as long as it has an expandable storage slot (and this ain't Apple) that accepts a common widely-used format (and this ain't Sony).
32GB is PERFECT for onboard storage in a handheld, as long as it has an expandable storage slot (and this ain't Apple) that accepts a common widely-used format (and this ain't Sony).
Have you ever heard of free wifi hotspots or tethering?
Well it's supposed to be a hybrid, and serve both markets. Everything we've heard about it so far indicates that it really only serves the handheld market.
People here were really expecting Nintendo to put like a terabyte of flash in this thing lol.
32GB is about where they get the best deal in terms of cost per GB. Putting in more would end up forcing them to increase the price, and then you guys would complain that it's too expensive.
I feel like people care more about huge numbers than practicality. Maybe Nintendo should just put out a $600 portable with a 4k screen and 1TB SSD in both the main unit and the dock. Bigger numbers, y'all.
32GB is about where they get the best deal in terms of cost per GB. Putting in more would end up forcing them to increase the price, and then you guys would complain that it's too expensive.
I feel like people care more about huge numbers than practicality. Maybe Nintendo should just put out a $600 portable with a 4k screen and 1TB SSD in both the main unit and the dock. Bigger numbers, y'all.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Just because something is possible dont mean you do it. Not everywhere got the same hotspots or stuff. This will be another streetpass where it works great in some places and other places its a non factor. I pretty sure I completed like about 2 streetpass puzzles
edit: And they get rid of their Dpad? The damn dpad they made? hell naw
Nexus Zero
Member
I can imagine this if there was the option to couple and decouple the buttons - that way it'd work great as a dpad and as face buttons
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Now who is the copier? Mwahahahaha
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Why? Nobody is forcing people to come up with expectations. Have some patience. It will be announced next month.