Former Nintendo Employees/Former NOA VP Kaplan Discuss Modern Nintendo. Reggie Talks 3rd Parties.

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Soundwave said:

ICStats said:

Soundwave said:

Yeah I do have to wonder if the following wouldn't have been a much smarter idea than the "New" 3DS:

$189.99 Nintendo Android Tablet

- 6.7-inch 1280x720 (single) multitouch screen
- Plays Virtual Console games.
- Plays DS/3DS cartridges.
- Plays Android games, but only ones sold through the eShop, so Nintendo can prevent a flood of like 1000 games and also make a surcharge on each download (so they make money off even app sales).
- Android apps (non-gaming) are available per Nintendo's discretion, so it has a web browser, Facebook, Twitter, video player, music player, etc.
- Built-in NFC reader for Amiibos.
- Comes bundled with Nintendo edutainment software. 

That kind of device wouldn't sell more than a few million units.  No point.

It would outsell any 3DS model right now IMO. 

Give kids a choice between a tablet and a 3DS and they lean towards the tablet overwhelmingly. 

It would still play 3DS games too, so what's the problem. 

It would be like Kindle, where Nintendo has their own propietary store and they can control games. 

Physical controls too, I'd see it basically like this:

But perhaps with the ability to detach the d-pad/button "wings" of the unit and reconfigure them in a vertical position to allow for DS/3DS games to play on it without a problem. 

I'm not shitting all over your idea like others are. I agree that a tablet would outsell a N3DS. But the N3DS makes more sense for Nintendo right now because it's essentially an overclocked 3DS, whereas a tablet would require a lot more work, resources and most especially, money. It would have to outsell whatever N's goals are for the N3DS exponentially to justify its existence.