| Soundwave said:
Mr. Iwata did mention one of the things about unified/shared platform is that you can have more than just the two traditional form factors. "What we are saying is that we would like to integrate software development methods, operating systems, and built-in software and software assets for each platform so that we can use them across different machines," Iwata said. "This means that if we manage to integrate our platforms successfully, we may in fact be able to make more platforms." |
"At the moment, we only have our current handheld devices and home consoles because if we tried to make more platforms, our development resources would be spread too thinly. The more we can share software across different platforms, the more development resources will be left for something else. Platform integration does not mean creating one type of platform, but the point is that the united method of software development will enable us to share our most precious software assets across different hardware."
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/130131qa/index.html
I don't think they meant to release more than 1 platform in one year, it is very complicated to release only two new platform im one year and that's why Nintendo usually don't realise home and handheld at same year.
I think he meant that they would maybe release new platforms much faster than before (like 2-4 years) and that they could support equally new and old platforms because of integrated software development and same architecture hardware.
