Reality check: The NX MUST be successful.

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spemanig said:

zorg1000 said:

What if they are already planning something like that for NX? Some signs point to that being a possibility.

Nikkei rumors state NX will be Android-based.

Miyamoto stated they are not interested in high-end specs.

Iwata said they plan on surprising with NX.

Mobile games/apps are meant to provide advertising for NX.

What this could point to is a weak, casual focused, gimmick based console.

I mean, I don't think that will be the case. The Nikkei rumors were proven false. Miyamoto isn't making hardware decisions. Surprising doesn't mean weak. Mobile games aren't telling of the NX's hardware, but of Nintendo's brand expansion. I just don't see Nintendo making that sort of backseat console just yet. After the NX fails, absolutely. But not before one final swing.

Actually Nikkei has twice before leaked major Nintendo news ... they ran a story saying a 3DS XL was coming, Nintendo denied this the next day. Then Nintendo announced the 3DS XL like three weeks later. 

Nikkei reported that Nintendo would begin making smartphone games, Nintendo denied this too, but a few months later they announce they're making smartphone games. 

I tend to give Nikkei the benefit of the doubt here, their sources have been right before even when Nintendo has issued a denial. In fact, that might a sign that the report is in fact true. It's likely it's a Nintendo OS but it has some kind of Android back end or way to run Android apps, which Nintendo can say "well technically Nikkei's story wasn't true, because we're not using normal Android".