Miyamotoo said:
Soundwave said:
In January 2014 (this is after his Jan 2013 comments obviously) Iwata said this:
“Still, I am not sure if the form factor (the size and configuration of the hardware) will be integrated. In contrast, the number of form factors mightincrease. Currently, we can only provide two form factors because if we had three or four different architectures, we would face serious shortages of software on every platform.
Whether we will ultimately need just one device will be determined by what consumers demand in the future, and that is not something we know at the moment.
Sounds like between 2013 and 2014 they did a lot of experimentation, and by 2014 they were considering a hybrid device, because by Jan 2014 suddenly he doesn't know anymore if they need one device or multiple.
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Of Course, Nintendo just talked about plans and possibilities, nothing was set in stone, espacily talk from January 2013, from then definitely they were lotsa changed plans.
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Yeah my guess NX started off as a discreet console + portable, but several other designs were also considered, including basically a "reverse Wii U" which would be a gaming tablet. I think over time, especially as new mobile tech became available, Nintendo's engineers and designers fell in love with that design.
It's typical Nintendo, a vanilla console versus something new and different likely never had a chance. Hybrid is new and different and plays to their strengths as a portable game giant.
