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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Source: NX "Is Definitely Not Aiming To Compete With PS4 On Horsepower"

bobgamez on 04 July 2015
ExplodingBlock said:
I'm just going to wait until E3 2016 and see how all these "rumors" turn out


probably sooner than that, im gonna guess january



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JEMC on 04 July 2015
Soundwave said:
JEMC said:
Soundwave said:

There's probably some large type of gimmick with the machine. Nintendo's own comments repeatedly state they want to "surprise" gamers and this is a "new concept".

Most people dismissed the news that Sharp would be making free-form shaped LCDs for Nintendo about a year ago as being some for QoL, but now I'm starting to think that is for the NX. Maybe it has an unconventionally shaped screen(s). 

Do I need to remind you that the same sources that talked about Nintendo using Sharp's free form displays also said that they would be donut shaped? Now, do you really think Nintendo would use that shape on a handheld or hybrid gaming device?

 

OT. The decision to purchase or not a console should be based on its price and games. And sure, if this rumor is true then it will have next to no support from the big publishers (nothing new for a Nintendo console), but it will have Nintendo in full force and the indie scene that so far seem to like how Nintendo works with them.


Who knows. Nintendo goes for crazy things, maybe a donught shaped screen would make sense once you see the overall concept. Though I don't recall anyone saying it *had* to be donught shaped. It could be any shape Nintendo wants. 

I'm sure if you told a Nintendo fan in 2004 that the next Nintendo controller would be a one handed device with only two buttons shaped like a wand, they wouldn't understand it either. 

To refresh your memory:

http://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-sharp-corporation-providing-nintendo-with-free-form-display/

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-eyes-doughnut-shaped-screen-report-claims/1100-6424284/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/17/nintendo-sharp-donut-device-rumor/

http://wiiudaily.com/2015/01/sharp-free-form-screen-ces/

 

As for your example, you are comparing a new kind of controller, something that not only everybody expects from a new Nintendo console but that after the Eye-Toy or the PS2 Buzz game controllers was hard to understand, but not to imagine. Meanwhile, I can't really imagine what a display with a hole can be used for.



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Normchacho on 04 July 2015

Well...that's it. The NX will be Nintendos last home console.



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DélioPT on 04 July 2015

If the rumour about the 20M consoles sold in the first year is true, then it's gotta be something out of the ordinary.
Which would also explain why it isn't better than a PS4.

All i know for a fact is that Iwata already told that they wanted to change the way consoles are sold and games are sold.
The new program already sheds some light on the latter. We haven't seen anything regarding the former.



Trunkin on 04 July 2015

Well, yeah. If its gonna share its library with the handheld then there's no way if could be as strong as the PS4. My bet is still on $250 for the launch price. Prolly gonna run Xbox 360 lvl games at 1080p 60fps, current gen multiplats be damned. Hell, it could be that both the handheld and console will launch at just $200. There's no way Nintendo is going to try to compete directly with the Juggernaut that is PS4, and theyd be stupid to get involved in the bidding wars for 3rd party titles as well.



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tbone51 on 04 July 2015
Normchacho said:
Well...that's it. The NX will be Nintendos last home console.


Thats nothing new. Nintendo has had last consoles since the n64. They are practically experts at making them.



Stellar_Fungk on 04 July 2015
tbone51 said:
Normchacho said:
Well...that's it. The NX will be Nintendos last home console.


Thats nothing new. Nintendo has had last consoles since the n64. They are practically experts at making them.

I have always wanted to own a last home console. 



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Ultrashroomz on 04 July 2015

I really hope this doesn't end up being the case.

I can't see the NX being too successful if it can't deliver on hardware.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

DélioPT on 04 July 2015

Yeah, competing with PS4 is a lost cause. Not even the XB1 is keeping up with PS4.

Nintendo needs something really different to make people look at it.
Just hope it really is the kind of "different" gamers want.



Frogger on 04 July 2015

I'll say this: if this rumor is true (and I believe it is), and this NX isn't the handheld variant, it will be extremely interesting watching the train wreck (or phenomenon) that is the NX unfold.

Either way, I don't see myself being apart of it. Can't imagine I'll be down for it. Releasing a console that won't get 3rd parties AGAIN just isn't what I'm personally looking for anymore. I'm not a multi console owner and probably won't start now.

Unless, of course, they make a big open world Pokemon. I'll buy an Ouya if it has that.