Ubisoft held a call with its shareholders today to alleviate concerns about a hostile takeover by Vivendi, but this also provided the chief executive officer with another opportunity to hype what Nintendo is up to with its next-generation gaming hardware. That system is due out in March, but we still knowalmost nothing about it. But Guillemot explained to its investors today that the NX has a lot of potential to return the House of Mario back to its former glory.
“I believe Nintendo will be back in the race with the NX,” Guillemot said in French during the call (as first noticed by Chloé Woitier on Twitter).
http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/29/ubisoft-ceo-nx-will-put-nintendo-back-in-the-race/
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First it was "Nintendo has learned its lesson from Wii U" (<notice the context NX was put in, compared to Wii U) now Ubi thinks NX will put Nintendo back in the race
Interesting...
I don't think it necessarily means head on war with MSony, eg releasing a 4k machine. However, if we look at the mobile games Nintendo is releasing, that may cover the old HH segment, (younger crowd) and now Nintendo can focus its main energy into a home console. Of course, down the line, I do expect a handheld component eg gamepad with wifi, but for now I'm starting to think a traditional, cartridge based home console with new gimmick will be the first iteration of NX, not an underpowered tablet.
Ubi seems like a happy 3rd party, more enthusiastic than they were about Wii U without question now. Would they be this thrilled with an Nintendo Shield?
