Miyamoto: Nintendo Waiting to Reveal NX Because of "Idea"

[DonFerrari]

archbrix said:

Soundwave said:

They may as well go with a gimmick focused console at this point, they simply can't compete with Neo/Scorpio on power so that opening is basically closed to them.

I just hope the chipset isn't a complete piece of crap like the Wii was. Gimme 1 TFLOP + 4GB of RAM (which is freaking low) and I'll be OK, that's at least a decent upgrade over the Wii U.

Whatever the gimmick is it better be something spectacular and easy to understand. 

If Nintendo's SCD module really works as described in the patent, it could kinda be both.  That would be a gimmick far more advantageous in the long run than any new-fangled controller, and while NX wouldn't match Neo or Scorpio on a pure tech level, the SCD can connect (even peer to peer) with other SCDs to use the power of the network to enhance games considerably.  Remember that the SCD has CPU and GPU processing abilities.

My guess is that a base handheld unit would be just powerful enough to run modern games at a lower resolution.  Definitely not XB1 in raw power, but able to share the same library, with the console variant closer to PS4 in power.  Again, it's the SCD that would be doing all the magic to make games run at a PS4+ level.

A "Nintendo cloud" that includes your uncompromised gaming experience, account and social media all together could indeed be pretty spectacular.  It's just up to Nintendo how they handle it and make it easy to understand to the user.

If MS couldn't pull cloud, I doubt Nintendo will be able. They barely have a network compatible with PSN and even less Live.

Miyamotoo said:

DonFerrari said:

Considering 2017 for release and that we have several speculation on PS4Neo for 400,00... I would say if Nintendo don't put too much money on the "special" side of the console they could release a console with the power of PS4 for 250 or Neo for 350 (not saying exact same power, but same ballpark). But from the several PR we got, I would agree between X1 and PS4 with 1080p60fps for Nintendo games is the safest guess, but that would also probably mean little 3rd party support after 2 or 3 years, at least while PS4Neo and Scorpio are around demanding backward support for PS4 and X1 the NX will have a good possibility of support if their architeture don't mean too much problem porting.

Totaly agree. About 3rd party suport, its almost certain that PS4/XB1 will get suport for same time like PS4Neo/Xbox Scorpio because both Sony and MS told 3rd party must make same games for bouth consoles, instale base of PS4/XB1 will definatly be mush stronger than for PS4Neo/Xbox Scorpio, and Yoshida said that PS4 Neo is just upgraded PS4 and that we will have PS5 when is time and that means PS4/PS4Neo will be replaced in same time. So if NX have similar power to XB1/PS4, similar or hard architecture for porting and dont have catastrophic sales like Wii U, NX could get solid 3rd party support for same time like XB1/PS4.

And that would be a blessing for gamers that really love Nintendo games and could save 350usd in HW and put on the 3rd party they would like to play.

MrCkurab said:

Fresh from Nintendo’s 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

1. NX still coming March 2017, no delay as of yet.
2. NX most definitely no VR, there were several questions about VR, they said again that they are watching & experimenting for now.
3. Miyamoto said: "Normally we would’ve shown the #NX at #E3, but we didn’t. We’re worried about imitators if we release info too early."

Just as they implied earlier, there is some big special idea in the NX and after having everything they did in the last generations copied imediatly Nintendo is tired of that shit.
I'm just hoping its truly a good idea and not just some damn gimmick nobody wants.
Let's hope they thought it through and learned the right lessons.

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The copy of Wii Mote wasn't that fast and wasn't the cause of their late struggles with Wii, and by reverse engineering of HW if MS or Sony really want to copy they wouldn't take long, Kinect and Move used very different approaches for motion control and infact were a lot better, but didn't had the same strenght. Patent can't be copied, they are worried about the concept.