NX Mock-Up Thread (UPDATED: New Awesome Mock-Ups!)

[DanneSandin]

Soundwave said:

DanneSandin said:
That IS a nice mock up, but the more I think about it the more concerned I get over how it will perform... Rol brought up some valid criticism against coupeling Nintendo games together with free Android apps...

I think Nintendo honestly about 2-3 years ago made the decision internally that they cannot compete with mobile and instead needed to embrace mobile. 

I think seeing 3DS sales erode away in the US and Europe to like 1/3 of the DS pretty much sealed it. 

From that decision is where Pokemon Go, the DeNA deal, and NX all stem from ... they all started in development around this same time. I think Miyamoto was basically shut out of this decision and they threw him a bone by saying "go make some Wii U games that use the tablet pad" and Star Fox, Project Guard, Project Giant Robot is basically what he came up with (which predictably failed). 

"Free" Android games still stand to make Nintendo a lot of money when they're taking home a 30% cut of all the revenue generated by said games. 

I'm still torn on this whole idea of Nintendo accessing the app-market with their next console. It could be a total success, like you said, or it could be an utter failure, like Rol said. The risk of having 1000's of free app-games on your console is that people (kids) starts to think ALL games should be free, which will lead to them not buying any actual games from Nintendo.