Miyamotoo said:
Again, only difrence is that those patents are basicly what Nintendo talked about new consoles and platforms.
Well you certainly are not familiar with Nintendo plans: "Currently, we can only provide two form factors because if we had three or four different architectures, we would face serious shortages of software on every platform. To cite a specific case, Apple is able to release smart devices with various form factors one after another because there is one way of programming adopted by all platforms. Apple has a common platform called iOS. Another example is Android. Though there are various models, Android does not face software shortages because there is one common way of programming on the Android platform that works with various models. The point is, Nintendo platforms should be like those two examples. However, we are hoping to change and correct the situation in which we develop games for different platforms individually and sometimes disappoint consumers with game shortages as we attempt to move from one platform to another, and we believe that we will be able to deliver tangible results in the future." "A dedicated video game platform with a brand new concept" by taking into consideration various factors, including the playing environments that differ by country." "I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U. It’s something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base.” Also Nintendo recently merged their hardware and software divisions and teams.
All that and NIntendo patents, indicate that they are going for unified platform that will be running same game across different devices, and that is largley accepted opinion about what NX is. Of Course, you can think different. |
Care to explain to me how if Nintendo's next home and handheld consoles
a) share a similar architecture making porting games from one console to the other easier
b) shares a similar operating system that makes inter-console multiplayer easier to implement
c) are marketed as differerent platforms, with different games in different packaging.
That all the statements you listed above by Nintendo will not be technically true? Nintendo is giving you an inch and you're assuming a mile.
And again look at the patents of previous consoles. Just look at the patents Nintendo put out two years before the Wii U. I bet you'd be shocked how many of them have absolutely nothing to do with what the Wii U became even if they looked like really cool features that the Wii U totally should feature based on the things Nintendo said about it leading up to its announcement. Ohh well. That's irrelevant I guess.
