Eurogamer: Nintendo NX is a portable console with detachable controllers (It also connects to your TV, and runs cartridges)

[kitler53]

JWeinCom said:

RolStoppable said:

There would have to be separate controllers for home use anyway. This is Nintendo, the company who has the most local multiplayer hits.

But that's just another flaw with this rumor. It pitches a device that seems to be intended for a single person's use.

Just to throw this in there as well, if you have to dock the system to play, it seems to limit the amount of touch screen input you can use in a game.

kitler53 said:

console quality on the go!

...sounds like a winning idea if i ever heard one.

Sure is.  Just ask Sony.  Or Sega.

ktay95 said:

These already exist for handhelds 

 

Dont see why they wouldnt make them for this aswell

So, to make the transition from handheld to portable, you have to break apart the portable, plug it into a dock, put the two halves together (presumably with some bridge in the middle unless you have tiny little Trump hands), then slap a prong on each side.  

That would be an incredibly inelegant solution to a problem that doesn't need to exist in the first place.  And, if you have to dock the console, that also means you can't do much with touch screen controls when its portable.  Just because they could doesn't mean they should.

i lol'd.