Miyamoto: We're Not Interested In High End Specs (Hardware)

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MohammadBadir said:

People understand the whole Fusion idea wrong, lmao. I don't get why anyone would want something like that. What Iwata clearly pointed out to was a console and a handheld that shared similar development environments, nothing more, nothing less. That'd make things easier for Nintendo and Indie developers because they wouldn't have to focus on 2 completely different architectures but rather 1 unified one. The Console would still be much more powerful and each would have unique games.

If what they are doing is creating a same architecture between handheld and console for every developer to find it even easier to develop for both of them then it makes a lot of sense, if that is what this thing is really about, no way to know for sure until it is finally unvield.

bowserthedog said:

I don't think it's possible for Nintendo to steal people away from Sony or Microsoft as their main console but many of these gamers by both systems. They need to become the 1st choice as a 2nd console to have any chance here.  But to do this they need to provide an exciting experience which is exclusive to to thier platform.  If NX is anything more than a hybrid console I'd love to know what they are planning. Right now I don't see anything innovative from a controller standpoint but i guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out.  Even though Oculus Rift and Morpheus are due out soon the only thing that could really surprise gamers is if it was an entire console based around some sort of new visual experience.  Morpheas and Oculus rift are 10 years from becoming mainstream. Maybe Nintendo has something less ambitious but affordable which can go mainstream next year.

I don't see much future to those VR devices, but maybe I'm wrong and everyone loves it, who knows? I made a thread some weeks ago about Nintendo joining the VR movement and Nintendo fans in here didn't like the idea so I don't know how well this approach would be taken by Nintendo fans.

padib said:

People complained that the Vita was not getting proper 1st party support. I don't blame them.

With the fusion, Nintendo is just preparing a way to create one massive library, and so consolidate their development effort into one single library.

Also, only a few games had cross-play between Vita and PS3, where you bought it on one and could play it on both. But even then it wasn't as simple as with the NX where it will be account-based.

If by "one massive library" you mean both handheld and console sharing the same games then we will have to see how well that would go for them if that is what they have in mind. Maybe it will just mean that whoever prefers handhelds will go for that platform and whoever likes  to play at home will go for console. I don't see this approach doing much to make a difference for Nintendo's platforms sales. I think Nintendo should keep making exclusive games to their handhelds and consoles, that way Nintendo fans will have to buy both to enjoy the games they love.

I think what can make the difference next time for Nintendo is to make software and/or input device that can attract more people, like the WiiMote did.