[Rumour] Latest information about NX !

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Pemalite said:

Akeos said:
Pemalite, i think wiiu is the Last console whose using optical disk, NX will be a HC + server and will have a Cartridge / User License with a part of games program and a part will be to download, that's why NX will need a server, storage games, online multiplayers, display on TV, powerfull with advanced cloud computing including in OS...

The server is the heart of NX Strategy, you can see it on 2 patents :



http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20150231511&OS=20150231511&RS=20150231511



http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=8&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Nintendo.AANM.&OS=AANM/Nintendo&RS=AANM/Nintendo

I think NX Strategy is a Community Cloud , based on personal server selling, the consoles become like Peripheral and can will be launch New model every year (like smartphones or like Microsoft speaking rescently)

The issue with ditching optical is... Downloads and storage space.
Games are ballooning in size, 60Gb isn't terribly uncommon, not exactly a pleasant experience for those with sub 10mbps~ connections. Haha
The flipside to that is... 500Gb, heck 1 Terabyte Drives are not enough to support a decent sized games library, I am already at 50% on my Xbox One with 3.5 Terabytes of total storage, would like to keep as much data on disk as possible.

Converesly, you also loose the ability to playback Audio CD's, DVD and Bluray Video, which means you will need another device connected to your TV to fill in that gap.

Still. We will have to wait and see to know what Nintendo is really up to, I would dislike the machine to be realiant online as it's more trouble than it's worth.

No Nintendo console has ever had CD/DVD/Bluray playback so not sure why that is being brought up.