Nintendo NX Handheld to Release in 2016 According to IHS Inc - A US Research Firm

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RolStoppable said:

zorg1000 said:

What makes you think the handheld & console won't have nearly identical controller configurations? We have already seen Nintendo start to make then nearly identical with New 3DS & Wii U. 2 control pads, D-Pad, 4 face buttons, 4 shoulder buttons, start/select/home, touch screen, gyroscope, accelerometer, NFC compatible. I don't see any reason why Nintendo would backtrack and create devices with completely separate control inputs.

Because it would be lame and make the home console look like another Nintendo console that wants to be a PlayStation.

It makes sense to have the control inputs you mentioned on a handheld because the controls are on the device itself, but a home console has the benefit of being able to feature more than one controller, so a standard controller that instantly differentiates Nintendo from Sony and Microsoft would be welcome. And no, the Gamepad didn't perform such a job.

 

I'm not advocating for a PS/XB controller, just that I see no need for the next handheld & console to have vastly different input methods.