| JustBeingReal said: If Nintendo comes out and says oh we have this new system that can play games just as well the competiton, gets all of the multiplats, but if you want you can also buy a handheld that will play all of that on the move too and if you want to own both, having a bigger experience on a big TV at home, but also take it with you and own a collection to works on both systems then that could be huge and it would be something unique to Nintendo. School kids could be playing COD on their NX Handheld, then carry on playing with their friends at home on the big screen.
As for the last part, the handheld would only need to be the size of a normal tablet. Cost wise I doubt it would even need to cost that much, the console would be comparable to PS4's price in late 2016, assuming NX has the same size HDD, Bluray and so on, the handheld would use a cut down version of the console's processor, so would cost a fraction of that price. Maybe $200 at launch for the handheld and $300 or $350 for the console. |
Bingo. Some people are trying to pigeonhole the NX as one console - either a handheld or a home console or a hybrid but it can be another option you and I both discussed -- NX Home console and NX Portable console. Together, they start to form the NX eco-system.
The home console is the most powerful so it can play NX portable games, smartphone, tablet Nintendo games. The NX portable is a complementary device. Among the entire NX game eco-system, you get cross-buy and cross-play. If you buy a Nintendo game on an Android or their NX Portable, it's playable from your account on the NX home console.
This is actually what the rumors have:
- With NX, Nintendo wants to create a platform where they can develop software for multiple devices with ease, from the home console to the portable to smartphone and tablets. They'll have a big catalogue available for multiple platforms, with cross buy, cross saves and cross play, similar to what Microsoft is doing with Xbox One and PC thanks to Windows 10 (that allows to play many Xbox games on PC, which is also getting a bunch of ports from Xbone). Each platform will still have exclusive games
- They'll show the portable in spring 2016, will be out for the end of the year or spring 2017 max. Specs will be higher than PS Vita but nothing mindblowing, screen resolution should be 540p, considering 720p if costs go down.
- The home will be out 6-12 months after the portable, creating the "NX system" that will allow Nintendo to better use their resources in games development
- They approached third parties during E3. Capcom, Square-Enix, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts already have devkits.
