What If The NX Console Is Portable Too?

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JustBeingReal said:

forethought14 said:

JustBeingReal said:

This all assumes that NX is the crossplay system that's being rumored, IMO it needs to provide options and not force one thing in gamer's faces, but be a logical option for people to take up as their platform of choice.

NX may not even be what we think it is. I think we should just hold off a bit until they disclose more new information. And the bolded is important. I'm all for some cross-play games, but they need to also have exclusive titles that are only playable on a specific device. IF people already have the handheld and all the console does is play the same games in higher resolution, that's not gonna sell very well. They need differentiation. Major Nintendo fans will buy it, but I'm not sure about the rest of the public, which is where most of the sales of a console come from. What Nintendo needs to do, is show that certain games can be playable on both (or more) systems, but also show off something to attract people into buying the system they don't own. An open game like Zelda, or Xenoblade NX may have issues running on weaker hardware, so maybe try making games like those only on their console. They make more money off their hardware than software, so they need to maximize their sales potential, and without exclusives, it'll be difficult. 

 

Basically Nintendo should be seen as the Platform, not the hardware, they don't need specific exclusives on handheld or consoles to sell platforms, they just need quality games, solid hardware and they need their platform to be the only place you can buy and play their games on.

Some people buy an iPad over a iPod Touch because it offers the bigger screen experience, the same can happen for Nintendo. If the NX console provides a different kind of experience, namely big screen, with greater details, with better graphics, then it's no different than it being more appealing to watch Netflix on your big TV at home. NX Handheld (theorized by us not in the know) would allow you to take those games on the move.

Both platforms wouldn't have to be prohibitively expensive to even own both and the allows you the freedom to play your Nintendo games on the go and when at home on a huge screen or even at a friends if you have your handheld with you and they own the NX console.

The whole thing I mentioned before about Nintendo developing more Western focused games is to gain a new audience of customers for Nintendo. If Nintendo made games like Uncharted, Gears, Gran Turismo, Halo, along with The Witcher, Fallout or the like then that would scratch the itch people have for those games on a Nintendo platform and they would also start to decide to use a NIntendo platform to buy their 3rd party multiplats on.

 

I agree I'd like to see NX be a broader platform that does away with a lot of the basic restrictions of the old hardware model. To be honest I'd like to see the whole "you're stuck with this hardware for the next 5-6 years" thing go away too and become more PC like where you can refresh/upgrade your hardware over time and do away with the entire concept of "generation leaps". 

PC gaming thanks to STEAM is growing whereas consoles are slowing down. They're already kinda dabbling in this by having quasi-upgrades to both the DS and 3DS (DSi and New 3DS), but I think they should just go further with it. NX is the platform and from NX onwards that's it. New hardware models are introduced every 2-3 years, library gets pushed forward. 

Agreed that Nintendo made a mistake in disengaging from Western development in the early 2000s. They lost the Star Wars licensing deal, they lost Rare, they cut ties to Factor 5, Silicon Knights, Left Field, etc. and did not replace them with other Western studios, they lets thing like the Kobe Bryant NBA Courtside and Ken Griffy MLB games fizzle out. Just wasn't a good thing. If 90% of the console audience is in the West, how can you really expect to have success in the West when 98% of your games are made in Japan only?