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Soundwave on 18 March 2016
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CaptainExplosion said:
Soundwave said:

If this is the system it also likely points to another underpowered console. That controller is not going to be cheap. 

If they're going button less I think it points more to a future of Nintendo being smartphone-centric and focusing on those types of games moreso. 

The Nikkei report of the NX using Android or being able to run Android apps would make more sense too, they could probably put a moderate cheap chip inside the controller that allows it to run smartphone apps independant of the "base" system. 

I don't want that future. Nobody does. Except Pachter.

Well I haven't really wanted what Nintendo's dubbed the "future" for a while, so we're probably not the chief focus for Nintendo. 

This, if true, is probably Nintendo desperately hoping to get back today's modern kids who are hooked on smartphone games. 

If they slapped a cheap iPhone 5/Samsung Galaxy S5 chip into a controller like this for a few bucks, it could run Android apps and probably DS and VC games too. 

Sell that for $99 ... suddenly maybe some of these parents buy this NX controller at least. 

I don't like it for my personal tastes, but I can see the logic behind it.