spemanig said:
Or maybe the NX will be digital only platform meaning none of that will be an issue. Which is a scenario Miyamoto specifically referenced in a quote I literally just brought up an hour ago on this site. See? I still have it Ctrl +C'd. "So, particularly with digital downloads now and the idea that you're downloading the right to play a game, that opens up the ability to have multiple platform digital downloads where you can download on one and download on another. Certainly from a development standpoint there is some challenge to it, because if you have two devices that have different specs and you're being told to design in a way that the game runs on both devices, then that can be challenging for the developer—but if you have a more unified development environment and you're able to make one game that runs on both systems instead of having to make a game for each system, that's an area of opportunity for us." Describes a digital platform, a unified platform, a shared library, cross buy, unified developement, and the "right to play a game" all in one easy to digest paragraph! |
It describes an added challenge, a difficult challenge that almost no developer, much less a third party is goinng to be willing to do for free. Also, he wasn't necessarily referring to the NX when he said that. It was more of a "wouldn't it be nice if"... and if fact right after that the interviewer gave an specific example of Super Mario Bros. 3 on the Virtual Console which required seperate purchases to play it on both 3DS and Wii U, and Miyamoto kinda shurgged it off and said he'd think about doing it seperately next time.
So I mean, it's kinda disingenous to intentionally take the paragraph out of context, when you and I both know that he wasn't specifically referring to the NX when he said this, and this could quite easily have absolutely nothing to do with the NX.
For those who would like to read the interview themselves:
http://kotaku.com/miyamoto-can-imagine-nintendo-making-hybrid-console-han-1594989023
