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Soundwave on 04 September 2016
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Captain_Yuri said:
zorg1000 said:

You're missing his point, he is saying that motion & touch controls existed before Wii/DS but noone used them in the same way as Nintendo did.

So the questions you are asking make no sense in relation to what he said.

Because I never said they didn't exist prior to the wii/DS because the technologies obviously did. My argument is that there is nothing that used it the same way that the wii/DS did. Yet based on the rumors, tablets that are out right now are able to do what the NX is able to do apart from play Nintendo games so what makes NX as unique as the wii/DS?

The answer to that is easy -- no Nintendo doesn't have anything as unique as the Wii/DS. It's freaking hard to have something unique like that. Even Apple has not really had a hit new idea or concept since the iPad and that is what .... like 7-8 years ago? 

So no, NX is barring a miracle not going to be the second coming of the Wii/DS. They are in reality probably going to have to work harder than they've ever worked before to just match what the 3DS got, which was largely able to secure a decent userbase before mobile and tablets became too entrenched. 

That's really not the question though, the question really is of all the options available to Nintendo, they are all difficult paths. There is no easy path here for Nintendo, doing the same thing as the past would also likely get them killed. From the looks of it they choose to try and embrace mobile I think rather than try to fight it. I think they swallowed their pride in a big way when they made the decision to make mobile games and I think NX is basically a system designed in large part for a new generation of kids who don't give a shit about the 3DS or Wii U and is tailored more towards their needs. And this decision I think will change Nintendo forever, and I suspect it was something that was hotly debated within the halls of Nintendo. 

That's also why I think Nikkei's report is correct (and they have been mostly correct on everything Nintendo related they report even when Nintendo denies it). I expect Android apps on the NX, it'll just be through Nintendo's eShop and something tightly controlled by Nintendo and they will keep a 30% cut. 

Now we can debate the direction Nintendo should take, but I think Nintendo already made the decision and had these discussions ... 2 years ago. We are just realizing it now.