Big Green Anus
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I'll admit, " Grab them by the Wiimote" is creative, lol.
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Macquarie Report on NX: "Coming next week" (Take with a grain of salt)
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blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
While it surely looks cool on paper, I would not put the TK1 clearly ahead of the wiiU.
Here's some benchmark score of the TK1
https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?D=NVIDIA+Tegra+GK20A+(ardbeg,+development+board)&testgroup=overall
And in comparison to AMD A4-5300, which has a 185GFLOPS TeraScale3 (VLIW4) GPU:
https://gfxbench.com/compare.jsp?be...VIDIA+Tegra+GK20A+(ardbeg,+development+board)
Notice how the TK1 is not faster. At all.
I'm conflicted. On one hand I hope we get finally news next week, on the other hand, launching NX at $300-$350 might be quite a misstep. The price doesn't bother me personally, but I don't think it can be very successful at that price.
I hope I don't end up buying another Nintendo device that fails and gets prematurely abandoned.
I hope I don't end up buying another Nintendo device that fails and gets prematurely abandoned.
Would be better to make it $400 and have PS4+ level gaming performance, this adding value, than to be $350 for somewhat below or significantly below Xbone level gaming performance.
Talking about console or console mode (not knowing what NX really is).
A console that's only 2 to 3 times more powerful than Wii U, sold for $350, be it a hybrid or not, will indeed going to fall on its arse.
KratosEnergyDrink
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Why? Plenty of time until March release.
Joelstinton14
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I guess the price depends on what the NX is.
It seems the device is a essentially like a phone or the equivalent to an iPod touch with more grunt and controllers. So the appearance of what the machine is may just change what Nintendo is "allowed" to charge for it. If that makes sense. If consumers view it like a smartphone/note device then... yeah a hefty price tag might be doable.
I would imagine that similar things - retail between £200-300. £500-700 If you are counting Iphones/Galaxies.
It seems the device is a essentially like a phone or the equivalent to an iPod touch with more grunt and controllers. So the appearance of what the machine is may just change what Nintendo is "allowed" to charge for it. If that makes sense. If consumers view it like a smartphone/note device then... yeah a hefty price tag might be doable.
I would imagine that similar things - retail between £200-300. £500-700 If you are counting Iphones/Galaxies.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Can't speak to this one, but some recent rumors have been true for sure (the obvious ones anyway)
DXB-KNIGHT
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Nintendo Dou sounds like a name Nintendo might come up with
I think you're looking at the nx backward. Ubisoft has strongly suggested a wii like strategy saying the NX is aimed at families. That doesn't say it's gonna be 300. The Wii u just died at 300-350 with literally the best games on the market, especially from a family perspective, for a solid 3 years. No one is gonna splash another 300 for an xbone with out the network/friendlist/Community/credits they have on their current system that puts out the same without some gimmick they apparently won't want. Not with the pro and eventually the Scorpio on the market.
Yes, which is why the nx will most likely be a positioned as a handheld first, with the ability to output to a tv. NX is a platform, so they can always make a more powerful home version later. But they gain nothing by positioning it as a console with a portability feature, underpowered and again late to the game. Because while the pspro and Scorpio are fast approaching as a "new" generation they're still extensions of their ecosystem, so a future buyer can upgrade and not miss a beat. The nx is virtually a blank slate, which is another reason the price needs to be low, so it's cheap enough to be their second system and not feel bad for it collecting dust.
You mean Nintendo is in fact planning to release Mario, Zelda and Pokemon on it!?
That's the main obvious rumour.
Third Pokemon Moon/Soon version with hd resolution and new textures features etc.
I'm in. That wil be glorious playing it on a big screen, hopefully the hybrid rumor is real. If done nice then having all games on 1 platform is very nice, maybe even release a console only or handheld only SKU down the road with both being able to play all games ofcourse.
Dark Cloud
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Woah, which rumors? The big Mario game?
Hmm...
- It uses cartridges (Game Cards)
- It will have Nintendo first party software on it
Dagobert Duck
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Somewhere on the console it will say "Nintendo"
And it will have the ability for a person to interact with something called a "game".
Oh shit, I need to get this verified.
THE HYPE TRAIN GOES TSCHU TSCHU
Panajev2001a
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It is stupid and absurd, but then sometimes people perception is just that. People have yet to accept that on average the price to get the value they expect from AAA games, their real projected revenue, is way higher than $60 between all the DLC's and things like season passes, etc... and that indie games can be priced above $40 and even $50, but the general consensus is that such a thing is heresy.
Notor!ousG
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Reveal on a friday doesn't make any sense.
I can confirm that NX will be revealed sometime between now and the release date, my uncle at Nintendo told me.
Please follow me on instagram, fb, Twitter and YouTube k
New 3DS was revealed on a friday Direct though...
Dagobert Duck
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As far as I know one button says "Power..."
Gormless Noodle
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My sources tell me this is actually incorrect. You power it on by doing the "Directly to you" gesture.
I'm just going to have to assume the obvious rumours are the ones from media outlets Eurogamer, IGN, Kotaku, WSJ, MCV etc and not leakers from Reddit and Twitter but I know what shit that will stir saying that. lol
Edit: Which is in reference to this.
Edit: Which is in reference to this.
Dagobert Duck
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*laughs* Please understand
Pop-O-Matic
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A delay has got to be happening at this point. They can't be mad enough to leave this thing with such a short window to promote, especially since about half of the time they have left is loaded with a lot of big releases and holiday season hype, which will probably smother any announcement they make.
Lilalaunebaer
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Next week, next month, whatever. As long as i´m not at work during the reveal i´m good.
Prisoner KSC2-303
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Did they? I thought the last we heard was that there'd simply be "more information" later this year.
RubberJohnny
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This has been deleted, does that mean it's not happening?
hemo memo
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Nintendo ninjas got to him.
User123456
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You realize that this was the exact reasoning behind the PS Vita, right? A handheld that plays full, no-compromise console games like Killzone, Uncharted etcetera.
Turns out, people really aren't all that interested in playing toned-down traditional console titles on a portable.
LiberaTeExInferis
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Turns out Vita had 0 real support from its maker which left it to get rub here to masturbate virtual girl games and other basically Japanese only support. Vita should have never existed if Sony gave so little shit about it
TheMagician
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Really?
Then how do you explain the sales of Nintendo's core first party games on 3DS?
Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Smash Bros, Zelda: OoT, MM, ALBW etc are every bit of a core experience as what Nintendo would produce on a home console. All of them sold very very well.
Breath of the Wild will sell huge on NX.
hemo memo
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SuperEpicMan
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Their last console sold like dog shit, they need to hit this one out of the park if they want to stay in the business of selling hardware. With that in mind, they will need to make a big deal out of the NX from a marketing standpoint, that starts with its reveal. If the rumour about Nintendo announcing the console next week is true, then I imagine they would have to send invites/announce a press conference today ahead of next weeks reveal.
The Vita got plenty of big franchise games initially, but they simply didn't gain any traction with the handheld playerbase. The support from Sony dried up because it didn't make them any money.
I'm very sceptical to the idea that suddenly third-parties will all start caring about Nintendo again. Especially when it means that they have to crank out expensive handheld ports of their PS4/PC/X1 games. It's a huge gamble and I don't think it'll happen unless the NX magically has a huge install base from day one.
I'm sure Nintendo will support it with some excellent titles. But third parties will likely take a wait and see approach.
I'm not talking just about Nintendo. The poster I originally replied to mentioned FFXV on NX.
That's likely not going to happen. We've seen the exact same speculation before the Vita was released, where lots of people expected it would get ports of all the big AAA games and how great that would be.
Starchasing
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He removed because it included a quote from a members only paid report.
Pop-O-Matic
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New news = new thread is GAF policy so info doesn't get lost like they would if we only had megathreads.
While true save for Killzone majority of Vita games are terrible spin offs from the home console games such as Uncharted Golden Abyss.
Also a lot of the Vita games are not really that popular to begin with both in the west and east. If say Mario Galaxy and Pokemon came out on NX they would be successful. The choice of playing on handheld or on the TV is a bonus as long as when played on TV the graphics are not worse than Wii U.
Nobody wanted to buy toned done versions of their console versions at home full price and the Support from neither 1st nore 3rd partys was there in full force.
Hard to say what the market will say when they don't have to buy 2 versions for at home and portable. Could be that they'd be reacting really favorably for playing fully featured Zelda and Mario versions on the train and then continue that same save at home.
I know I'd be stoked to play the new Doom on a train or Pokemon at home on TV.
Anecdotical, so who knows what'll come of it in the end.
I'd be stoked for a reveal next week either way!
Dagobert Duck
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Dude, Nintendo is still dominating the dedicated Handheld market, so if we are talking about a damn hybrid at a reasonable price it should atleast be a succesful handheld, if they achieve to perfect the hybrid idea and implement a dock (maybe even with some horsepowerboost) it will sell. Probably not Wii-level but it should atleast get above 3DS in its lifetime...
C'mon he meant mario kart 7...
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