NoirSon said:
Soundwave said:
NoirSon said:
I can see the next Nintendo handheld being something closer to a original GBA/PSP/VITA in terms of design but a full on tablet would be suicide. Nintendo won't fork over the dough to have it able to do full on tablet options or the app market place to make it worthwhile.
Not to mention, while they have obviously noticed most prefer the LL/XL line for the DS/3DS, they also know that the bigger the screen the more expensive and the Nintendo portables have always been built around being relatively inexpensive for both Nintendo and the consumer. THE one time this wasn't the case was the 3DS and we see how that started off.
The design of the next Nintendo handheld won't be innovative, but it will service the needs of Nintendo and other developers. It can still be clam shelled like the GBA SP/DS/3DS and just have one true screen. |
NoirSon said:
I can see the next Nintendo handheld being something closer to a original GBA/PSP/VITA in terms of design but a full on tablet would be suicide. Nintendo won't fork over the dough to have it able to do full on tablet options or the app market place to make it worthwhile.
Not to mention, while they have obviously noticed most prefer the LL/XL line for the DS/3DS, they also know that the bigger the screen the more expensive and the Nintendo portables have always been built around being relatively inexpensive for both Nintendo and the consumer. THE one time this wasn't the case was the 3DS and we see how that started off.
The design of the next Nintendo handheld won't be innovative, but it will service the needs of Nintendo and other developers. It can still be clam shelled like the GBA SP/DS/3DS and just have one true screen. |
So what defines a tablet? If the screen is X or Y-size big? If it's a little smaller it's not a tablet? I think this is all just silly semantics.
Nintendo offers a non-chamshell 3DS (2DS) already, likely they will offer the portable NX in a couple of different configs, not sure why people can't wrap their head around this idea.
As long as Nintendo doesn't do something retarded like use a propietary or resistive touchscreen again (which no one else is using, thus they have to pay more for it) you can get a 6-7 inch 1280x720 display for peanuts these days. Even cheap-ass $150 tablets being sold at a profit have screens of that resolution/size.
As for apps, that's where using a Nintendo OS, but having an Android back-end could be smart. They could theoretically get access to thousands of Android apps, which they could control on their own eShop (like Amazon does with Kindle) giving them tons of functionality without having to pay a dime.
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Well a tablet has basically little to no physical inputs on the base product along bigger touch screen. If you are talkine about a single screen device like the previous Game Boy line or Sony's PSP/VITA and most handles throughout the history of the industry, just because they may or may not have a touch screen doesn't make them a tablet.
A cell phone isn't a tablet despite devices like the Galaxy Note and increased sharing of OS and features blurring the lines, due to functions. Tablets don't make calls and a MP3 device that touch controls isn't the same as tablet either. A Nintendo device to be considered a tablet would have to have tablet functions, increased screen size (the Gamepad's screen size at minimum) and a distinct lack of physical inputs like analog control and face buttons. Otherwise it is just another handheld 'Brick' device and not at tablet. It might be semantics but it is just how I see it.
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This is a JXD Game Pad 2 ... what is it? Tablet? Game Handheld? It's both (and yes, it runs Android):
