Nintendo NX Will Have Industry Leading Hardware and Will Be a Hybrid

[ANiMUS]

Nintendo’s new gaming platform will encompass a console and a handheld according to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal.

According to the paper

The exact shape of the NX hardware isn’t yet clear. People familiar with the development plans said Nintendo would likely include both a console and at least one mobile unit that could either be used in conjunction with the console or taken on the road for separate use. They also said Nintendo would aim to put industry-leading chips in the NX devices, after criticism that the Wii U’s capabilities didn’t match those of competitors.
Nintendo has traditionally sold consoles and handhelds as separate devices that have little connection to each other. If the WSJ report is correct, that would be changing. How much it’d change is hard to say. It’s unclear if the NX platform would be offered to gamers and consumers as two separate devices, or if the “console” and “mobile unit” would be one bundled offering. But it does seem like the platform would further merge Nintendo’s long-separate console and handheld gaming strategies.

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Update - 10:40am: The reporter who broke the story for the Journal said on Twitter that NX platform is “likely to have... more than two devices.” That further emphasizes the idea that the NX could be a family of machines that work together rather than a single unified device. We’ve updated this article’s original headline “Report: Nintendo’s Next Platform NX Is A Console-Handheld Hybrid” to be more clear that, while the platform of the NX seems to merge ideas of console and handheld, we don’t know if there will be any one device that does that all in one. I apologize for confusion on that point.

Nintendo’s current console, the Wii U, was a figurative half-step toward combining console and handheld hardware designs. The device is designed like a traditional console to display games on a TV, but its primary controller contains a screen that can either be used as a secondary display or can display a Wii U game in lieu of using a TV at all. The catch is that the Wii U controller screen only works within several feet of the console and can’t be used as an entirely untethered portable device like dedicated portable, the 3DS.

The Journal’s report also states that Nintendo has begun distributing a “software development kit” for the NX platform. That squares with what we’d heard recently from a reliable Kotaku source that Nintendo was planning to reach out to more developers about the NX this month, but we’d been unable to confirm details about the platform nor second-source the October timeframe prior to today’s WSJ report.

We’ve reached out to Nintendo for comment (and will be stunned if they provide one). The Kyoto gaming giant had promised to reveal information about the machine in 2016. The WSJ reports that the console could be introduced next year.

The prospect of a hybrid/combo strategy for the next Nintendo console and handheld is tantalizing and also seems to be compatible with Nintendo’s current product schedule. Nintendo’s newest home console, the Wii U, is clearly winding down and its successful 3DS line of handhelds is due for a major generational advance. Nintendo basically needs a new console and a new handheld and has a wide open spot in 2016 to introduce both.

Nintendo has traditionally split development across its handheld and console lines but has hinted to Kotaku that development could be merged in the future. Nintendo’s late president Satoru Iwata also spoke last year about the company switching to an approach that used one operating system for handheld and console devices, similar to iOS working across multiple Apple devices.

From Kotaku and the Wall Street Journal: :sdo2:

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[Draw]

This sounds like a wii u 2. I doubt this will get far or save Nintendo.

 

[ANiMUS]

Sorry that the article looked so long I accidentally copied it twice

 

[Bad Touch Yakushi]

Weird description. Doesn't SOUND like it has industry leading elements but you gotta hope. It's an amazing, comfortable headline at least, if a little hard to believe.

 

[Jazzy Stardust]

Sounds like a lot of hype. But I doubt it will have hardware that runs better than the current gen consoles.

And it shouldn't. With the style of games Nintendo makes the graphics don't need to be that detailed.

 

[LordBadass]

I'm not buying that shit Nintendo has ****ed me over for the last time. I take it back the only way ill buy that console is if they imbrace third partys.

 

[ANiMUS]

Weird description. Doesn't SOUND like it has industry leading elements but you gotta hope. It's an amazing, comfortable headline at least, if a little hard to believe.

I was referring to this:

y also said Nintendo would aim to put industry-leading chips in the NX devices, after criticism that the Wii U’s capabilities didn’t match those of competitors

Chipsets refer to GPU, CPU, and RAM mostly. Basically the GPU=graphics, CPU= the brain, RAM= Memory.

Though they most likely are talking about using an industry leading processor

 

[LordBadass]

Sounds like a lot of hype. But I doubt it will have hardware that runs better than the current gen consoles.

And it shouldn't. With the style of games Nintendo makes the graphics don't need to be that detailed.

They will if they imbrace third partys.

 

[ANiMUS]

Sounds like a lot of hype. But I doubt it will have hardware that runs better than the current gen consoles.

And it shouldn't. With the style of games Nintendo makes the graphics don't need to be that detailed.

I'm not buying that shit Nintendo has ****ed me over for the last time. I take it back the only way ill buy that console is if they imbrace third partys.

The reason for improving in console power probably is for 3rd party developers. From the articles I have been reading Nintendo has recently been reaching out to developing companies as well as indie developers, and even universities

 

[The Amazing Spider Man]

So the Wii U was just a Beta test smh Hope you nitendrones had fun with your mario kart tho.

 

[LordBadass]

The reason for improving in console power probably is for 3rd party developers. From the articles I have been reading Nintendo has recently been reaching out to developing companies as well as indie developers, and even universities

That sounds good but we will just have to see what happens.

 

[ANiMUS]

That sounds good but we will just have to see what happens.

Yeah it is best to just wait and see. At the Wii U release they also advertised third party developers eager to work on it and we know how that panned out.

Hopefully they let the motion control gimmick die since it was stifling developers

 

[Jazzy Stardust]

They will if they imbrace third partys.

The reason for improving in console power probably is for 3rd party developers. From the articles I have been reading Nintendo has recently been reaching out to developing companies as well as indie developers, and even universities

Terrible idea IMO, it'll just hurt Nintendo's own titles like with the GameCube. Because the style is more animated and cartoony for the games. If you introduce super realistic third party games people will buy those over the signature ones. Just like now and before, people are buying the consoles with more realistic games over Nintendo. They realized after the GameCube and tried to make their own lane.

They should continue to improve their own lane rather than trying to be like others. People just want a console without the gimmicks and tricks like the Wii types.

 

[ANiMUS]

Terrible idea IMO, it'll just hurt Nintendo's own titles like with the GameCube. Because the style is more animated and cartoony for the games. If you introduce super realistic third party games people will buy those over the signature ones. Just like now and before, people are buying the consoles with more realistic games over Nintendo. They realized after the GameCube and tried to make their own lane.

They should continue to improve their own lane rather than trying to be like others. People just want a console without the gimmicks and tricks like the Wii types.

I dont think that is very logical :| it's like saying the only reason ppl play Nintendo games is because they have never had anything else. Ppl will buy Nintendo titles because they like them. If they don't then they will have other games to play and even with Nintendo’s cartoony games there are ways to graphically improve without staying in low res.

So the Wii U was just a Beta test smh Hope you nitendrones had fun with your mario kart tho.

Knew it was gonna tank and never bought it XD

 

[Jazzy Stardust]

I dont think that is very logical :| it's like saying the only reason ppl play Nintendo games is because they have never had anything else. Ppl will buy Nintendo titles because they like them. If they don't then they will have other games to play and even with Nintendo’s cartoony games there are ways to graphically improve without staying in low res.

That's not what I'm saying. The third party games always takes over the majority of console sales, which is why Nintendo even switched up in the first place. Their fan base loves their franchises and they can strive off of that. Instead of waiting till after the president dies to start considering GTA. They could make a really in depth Zelda game or bring Metroid into the FPS race. Instead the focus will be shifted to keeping up with third party publishers because that's where the money is.

It's gonna dilute the brand, I'm pretty positive.

 

[ANiMUS]

That's not what I'm saying. The third party games always takes over the majority of console sales, which is why Nintendo even switched up in the first place. Their fan base loves their franchises and they can strive off of that. Instead of waiting till after the president dies to start considering GTA. They could make a really in depth Zelda game or bring Metroid into the FPS race. Instead the focus will be shifted to keeping up with third party publishers because that's where the money is.

It's gonna dilute the brand, I'm pretty positive.

New Zelda game is scheduled for Next year and Metroid has been confirmed for the NX already :| Besides that a larger library is imperative, gamers need choice. If Nintendo’s 1st Party titles weren't able to stand against 3rd party titles then the Wii U and 3ds would have long died.

Much more Nintendo is planning on bringing it's 1st Party titles to mobile to bring ppl into console gaming. It just all comes down to having faith in your product

 

[LitAquarius]

No thank you, I'm good with my Xbox One until my Gaming PC get's a new *working* X99 MB lmfao .
> 5960X [4.3Ghz]
> Two GTX 980s @ 1513Mhz .
> Two Samsung 850 Series Pro -Raid Zero- + a 5TB HDD + a 4TB ExDrive .
> 4x4 16GB DDR4 Ram. 2400Mhz .
> This is what LEADING hardware LOOKS LIKE! #LMFAO! ^

 

[ANiMUS]

No thank you, I'm good with my Xbox One until my Gaming PC get's a new *working* X99 MB lmfao .
> 5960X [4.3Ghz]
> Two GTX 980s @ 1513Mhz .
> Two Samsung 850 Series Pro -Raid Zero- + a 5TB HDD + a 4TB ExDrive .
> 4x4 16GB DDR4 Ram. 2400Mhz .
> This is what LEADING hardware LOOKS LIKE! #LMFAO! ^

U well know that no Gaming console will match PCs in specs. :wesobi: Everyone knows that

Industry Leading hardware was used to refer to gaming consoles. Does that even have to be stated?

 

[Parrish]

Still won't sell well until they get 3rd party games.

 

[ANiMUS]

Still won't sell well until they get 3rd party games.

Tru :|