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ABTR on 02 June 2016

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=216644&page=10#10

I ...call it.... NX will be a mobile phone....



 

 

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Miyamotoo on 02 June 2016
Darwinianevolution said:
Miyamotoo said:

Well maybe VR will be sold separate same like PSVR.

It just seems a bit desperate. Taking time of the developement of your console to push a technology that has not been proven profitable in the long run yet and might not even be accepted by Nintendo's audience seems like a really big miscalculation. The NX needs as much developement time as it can alone, focus on it first.

I don't think so, after Wii U it more important to have affordable price of console, why force someone pay extra money for VR if they don't want VR at all. I am pretty sure Wii U would sell much better if they had SKUs without gamepad.



Soundwave on 02 June 2016
ABTR said:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=216644&page=10#10

I ...call it.... NX will be a mobile phone....

Probably more akin to a tablet.



Scisca on 02 June 2016

Is N in panic mode after the release of Polaris 10 and the PS4K/Xbox Scorpio rumours? The sure can't afford to mess another generation up!



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Jranation on 02 June 2016
Soundwave said:

I dunno, Digitimes sounds like they're throwing a lot of stuff at the wall and hoping some of it sticks.

They're also saying their previous forecast of 20 million NX units has now been slashed to just 10 million ... so what's happening here?

Maybe Nintendo is also internally hit a crisis point with NX development and have been changing the concept/hardware focus late into the game?

Also it sounds like from this report that VR is being shoe horned in at the last moment, I dunno if I believe it or not. 

To be honest I find myself caring less and less, Nintendo sure knows how to suck the fun/hype out of everything and turn it into a slog fest. 

 

Its Nintendo's fault for these rumors? 



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KLAMarine on 02 June 2016
Scisca said:
Is N in panic mode after the release of Polaris 10 and the PS4K/Xbox Scorpio rumours? The sure can't afford to mess another generation up!

I doubt it: I think it's pretty clear that it isn't the power of your hardware that sells the hardware but rather the software backing it up. I know which influences my buying decisions more.



vivster on 02 June 2016

Nintendo going with the times?



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teigaga on 02 June 2016

Sounds strange to me. Mobile hybrid is cool but what aspects of VR is built into the system that would warrant a delay? I really can't see Nintendo forcing even a cheap VR head kit in every box (that'd be awful) and so would they delay a system to launch alongside an optional peripheral?

Personally hope this is false. If anyone can make VR fun and accessible it's Nintendo, but I really don't think it should be weighted so heavily to enable a delay. Unless the change is making the system more powerful



JRPGfan on 02 June 2016
guiduc said:
Uh oh, history has proven that when Nintendo adds features like 3D, AR, Asymetric gameplay, Motion controls, and now VR, they tend to abandon the concept few years later, the feature becoming a burden for further gaming development...

VR headsets are expensive enough, to the point where you have to ask yourself, do you trust company x,y,z to support it with lots of content?

Sony is even "looking the otherway" when it comes to porn on theirs.

Can you imagine VR porn on a nintendo console? Will nintendo have 3rd party VR games?



Barkley on 02 June 2016

Don't buy this rumour for a second, the nx will not be a handheld/mobile device that can be plugged into a TV. Mass production will start in 2016, early 2017 is too late to meet a March release date.