Thuglas said:
Captain_Yuri said:
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Imo, it depends on pricing. I don't consider it being a hybrid just cause it can connect to the TV... By that logic, my smartphone is a hybrid cause I can buy a connector which also lets it connect to a TV. Or my laptop is a desktop when I connect the HDMI to its port... Unless there is a huge performance boost, it's just a handheld with a dock which lets people charge and play it on the TV at the sametime.
And people do buy handhelds and people do buy Nintendo games... It doesn't need to sell 100 million to be considered a success...
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I consider it a hybrid because, from the leaked design rumor, the buttons detaching and it mounting to a stand will likely be a large selling point. the point of a docking stations is to combine the two needed cords, which are an HDMI and power cord, into one entity to increase convinience. You will most likely always have the docking station set up to charge the thing anyway and it likely be more convinient to go from handheld to TV gaming than any other device. No other popular gaming device can truly be considered a hybrid device. it takes more than simply giving a smartphone HDMI out (like my old motorolla atrix), it has to be built with convinience and a home console gaming experience in mind.
also consider that Wii U support is tappering off like Nintendo usually does when the successor is about to come out and that the new sonic is announced for PS4/XBO/NX instead of Wii U. NX is no doubt the successor to both 3ds and Wii U.
NX will be a console that you can detatch and use on the go or a handheld made to seamlessly dock to a TV. I doubt they will try and convince consumers it is one or the other. they will say it is both. with the Wii U being Nintendo worst selling console and 3ds being the worst selling handheld, it makes sense for them to want to combine their entire consumer base remaining. also this can be what they needed to stay relevant in the console market. they were never going to compete with MS and Sony by making a powerful console that goes for the big 3rd party games and big exclusives as well. they have had too many generation of lacking hardware and online infrastructure (coupled with bad 3rd party support/relations) to confidently win over the consumer who currently prefers PS and XB. I don't know how well it will do but it seems like a smart move and this rumored concept appeals to me as someone who skipped buying a Wii U.
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You do realize that phones have seemless docking stations too right? They have had it since forever... Even the original ipod way back when had a docking station which would let you connect it to your tv and play videos from it... Yea the NX has controllers that can detach from it but that doesn't make it a hybrid lolll. It is nonsense to call a device that simply connects to your tv through a docking station a hybrid. The only way it can be considered being a "hybrid" is if the docking station provides the handheld with a noticeble performance boost. And I don't mean like 10% but at least 50% or more which no where in the rumor suggests...
And sure, you can think of it as "combining" but in reality, if this is the only thing they got and no console, they are giving up on the console market. They are essentially just making a handheld that can connect to ur tv and making it slightly more convenient than having a wireless controller with you. But if you want to think like that, go for it but it really doesn't make it a hybrid nor are they going to compete in the console market anymore...
