Rumor: Nintendo started talking with third-parties about NX at E3, positive reception; NX more than a year away

[Cloudman]

bunchanumbers said:

Cloudman said:
If that is true, sounds concerning. They barely just started talking to them, when the NX is going to be revealed next year..? Shouldn't that have been done a long time ago? If the NX released 2016 or 2017, doesn't sound like a lot of time to prepare games for their launch line up.

Not necessarily. If NX is using the x86 architecture, then their game porting shouldn't be nearly as complicated as before. If the first year NX ends up with the same support as the twins without issue then it should be enough until 3rd party devs start learning the nuances of the hardware. What needs to happen though is Nintendo making sure it gets the ports that the twins get.

Well, I don't mean to say they can't, but it seems to give 3rd parties less time to prepare games, unless they plan to make ports for the NX, or they can have games ready in 1 to 2 years. I don't think easy ports will be enough to bring 3rd parties over though. They still need to sell well enough.