Digitimes: Nintendo NX production postponed to early 2017 to add VR functionality

[Soundwave]

bunchanumbers said:

Soundwave said:

Shrugs, could be cheap-ish VR with some kind of toy-like gimmick attached to it. 

The Samsung Gear VR is only $100 if you have a Samsung phone, if NX has an LCD display as one of its components, it's possible they might be doing something similar. 

 

If this is true then they're more than likely going for a toy VR approach. I don't think that it would be worth it. All those add ons would impact price and manufacturing costs. They were already criticized for Wii U and their controller gimmick. Doing the exact same thing would be a death sentence.

Though the Samsung Gear VR is pretty cheap, I mean it's sold at $100, but it probably only costs Samsung like $20-$30 to manufacture. 

$299.99 for a mobile console w/some form of cheap VR ... I mean, maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. The PS4 + VR will still cost like $700 so maybe Nintendo figures they can get people who want some of that but for cheap.