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GOWTLOZ on 27 July 2016
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Soundwave said:
GOWTLOZ said:

That is a very useful feature but unless it has phone functionality I don't think the travel apps and portability would be used.

Kids don't care about Nintendo games, they care about any game that looks fun to them and smartphones have plenty of them and kids don't know any better. These games on smartphones are free or far cheaper and have small sizes so they can be easily downloaded. Nintendo will have to rethink the pricing strategy for their own games and also entice smartphone owners to buy their hardware.

I do think it can outsell 3DS in Japan but elsewhere it will not appeal to as many people.

I wouldn't rule out 3G/4G LTE functionality actually. I think the ability to run Android apps is going to be a central feature of NX. 

I think Nintendo has basically chosen with Android/apps if you can't beat 'em ... join 'em and NX will run all the smartphone apps that kids love, and Nintendo can make money off those apps (30% cut of all revenue).

It's also a fail safe I think in case traditional 3rd parties ditch the NX ... fine ... Nintendo will then just make money off the mobile games being downloaded/played on NX. 

Nintendo wouldn't get a cut from apps on the Play Store, and if they have their own store on Android it will have far less support.

They better allow people to download free apks for Android games from third party websites or else they can say goodbye to a lot of Android gamers :P

If third parties don't support NX they will have a hard time with console gamers as well.