Hmm you guys gave me an idea about Nintendo's next console...suddenly a projector doesn't seem so far fetched.
How about a console that entirely relies on itself (I mean NO OTHER hardware, not even controllers!) and nothing else? Besides being able to run DVDs or Blu-Rays or whatever capable disc format, it would also produce the sound and the visuals (using a projector as part of the console). What about the controllers? Well, I have a simple answer: Kinect-like control.
It'd be usable pretty much anywhere where you can connect it!
And before you scream "Handheld!!!", it would clearly not be a handheld because you cannot hold the screen in your hands while at the same time making the movements necessary to play (unless you want to throw the console like a ball hahaha). Besides, such a console would need to be a lot larger and heavier than a handheld.
Who knows? Maybe even the games are downloadable so you don't even have the need to carry the games around with you! And even though the console allowed for the use of the projector, its own sound system and downloadable games, maybe you could also be able to connect it to a HDTV and play it just fine!
Crazy idea? Maybe, most likely it is. But nobody besides Nintendo knows better so don't go just labeling it that way and call it a day; at least try to tell everyone why it's not a good idea.
PS: I just recalled...Miyamoto or Iwata (or someone from Nintendo...can't remember the name clearly) once said a few years ago that he thought one day videogames would break away from TVs...at least that's a hint!
