hoala said:
Nintendo wont advertise it as an smart-tv-box (like fire tv, appletv and co). It would also be alot more gaming centered (pretty much like the Nvidia Shield Console, but with tons of nintendo exclusives games). Its already confirmed not to use android, so it still will be a console. Just a pretty small one with hardware similar to whats in those TV Boxes. With all the nintendo exclusives games, the box would have a huge advantage over similar competitors and could still have smart tv functionality as well (even ps4/xbox one have that).
Well -1 x -1 = +1 right ? ;) Vita TV / Vita in general failed because of lack of good exlcusives/handheld games. Wii U failed because of high priece just for playing exclusive games. NX could pretty much negate the negative of both but combine the positive. |
None the less people would see it as that, because it's not comparable to a modern console, but significantly weaker. This set-top box idea, along with a weak tablet that can't run games anywhere near comparable to the competition has no sellable factor about it.
Sony and MS are the competition (regardless of what Nintendo may say), not anything else.
It's weak, it can't do anything gaming related that puts it in an attractive position compared to Sony or Microsoft and people already have devices like Shield or these small Smart boxes, this literally has no point. If Nintendo games were appealing by themselves then Wii U would have sold gangbusters, but that didn't happen. If running classic Nintendo games was a selling point then the Virtual Console would have caused Wii U to blow up in sales, but that hasn't happened.
People have been telling you what the negatives of this idea of yours are, it negates none of them, because it's weak technically, it can't even stand on a similar level to XB1 and that's the weaker system compared to PS4, both of which are pretty cheap to make now, hell even the modern 28nm node updates allow for way more chips to be made from a wafer and offer cheap SOCs, that are much more efficient on power consumption compared to XB1 and PS4.
Going with Wii U level hardware will kill NX, even if NX has a handheld that matches Wii U and people could take that on the move, it's not enough and it's certainly not something to base an entirely new platform around, it's the same kind of thing as before, nothing fresh about it, in fact it would just be a stagnant platform, that brings nothing new to the table.
What even gave you the notion that this is what NX is?
Can you please give specific examples of rumors that point to this being what NX is?
The fact Kimishima and co have been saying this is something fresh and reliable sources have actually said the tech in use is way more powerful than Wii U argues against that level of weak hardware being used in NX.
The Iwata comment about making games more like Apps (similar to how Apple games run on anything) points to a more OS centered gaming platform/ecosystem which Nintendo can then release a variety of different devices to cater to different markets points to your idea not being anything like NX.
It's all but confirmed that NX devices are going to be way more capable than beefed up Wii Us, it'll be at least within striking distance of PS4.
Your comparisons between Ratchet & Clank on PS4 and Mario Kart 8 only show how much more capable PS4 is, Ratchet looks like a Pixar movie, MK8 doesn't, while nice, it's not blowing anyone away in the same way R&C is visually and more power allows for way more gameplay possibilities like full weather, dynamic lighting, physics like Uncharted 4, Horizon and Gravity Rush 2, which definitely adds a lot of potential to actual gameplay.
Nintendo trying to limit the processing performance of NX will kill it's appeal, being cheap with old hardware just doesn't appeal to people.
