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I really hope its a hybrid. Every developer working on one system instead of two. Would solve the droughts.



Miyamotoo said:

No, he suggesting one device that change concept of home console or a handheld.

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device".

 

No mate it doesn't suggest anything of the sort as this sentence can mean anything, handheld and home consoles sharing a libarary can fall under this sentence for a start. Two devices that share a library and connect to each other like in the new rumour also falls under this, it's a vague statement.



Miyamotoo said:
Wyrdness said:
His wording suggests 2 devices not a hybrid tbh.

No, he suggesting one device that change concept of home console or a handheld.

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device".

 

bunchanumbers said:
If Nintendo doesn't make a home console then I'm out. There is no reason why Nintendo couldn't make a console that doesn't break the bank. I'm hopeful for the 2 devices 1 ecosystem rumor.

Then you are out, at this point it's almost certain that is hybrid device.

 

bigtakilla said:

But don't you feel it's a pretty far stretch to say it means that. You could just as easily read it as two seperate devices. 

No its not stretch at all if we count what Nintendo recently was saying and EG infos for instance.

Then you're essentially implying meaning, what he said doesn't essentially confirm anything, if you taje what was said, add the rumor EG had and put those together you can draw that conclusion. But it's just as easy to say it implies two separate devices with a shared library.



Wyrdness said:
Miyamotoo said:

No, he suggesting one device that change concept of home console or a handheld.

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device".

 

No mate it doesn't suggest anything of the sort as this sentence can mean anything, handheld and home consoles sharing a libarary can fall under this sentence for a start. Two devices that share a library and connect to each other like in the new rumour also falls under this, it's a vague statement.

With all things Nintendo recently was saying and EG infos, it not at all vague statment, actually perfectly fits all that.

 

bigtakilla said:
Miyamotoo said:

No, he suggesting one device that change concept of home console or a handheld.

"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device".

 

Then you are out, at this point it's almost certain that is hybrid device.

 

No its not stretch at all if we count what Nintendo recently was saying and EG infos for instance.

Then you're essentially implying meaning, what he said doesn't essentially confirm anything, if you taje what was said, add the rumor EG had and put those together you can draw that conclusion. But it's just as easy to say it implies two separate devices with a shared library.

It basically confirmed what is widely accepted opinion that NX is hybrid. There is no one single info that saying that NX have two separate devices, standalone console and standalone handheld.



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I agree it's probably a hybrid. Look at his wording too, again it seems to imply a singular device, not plural. Which Takahashi of Nintendo also referred to it (as a singular device) in a interview a couple of weeks ago. 

Even if it is two devices, some reality probably needs to be dawning on people right about now .... this is not going to be some mega-powered AMD console with a portable thrown in for shits and giggles.

Shared library means for functionality sake the two devices are going to have to be close in hardware power, almost certainly then having to use portable components. In which case I don't see the console being very successful; in which case a hybrid device would likely be better anyway since Nintendo can push the novelty of it being a 2-in-1 device.

A shared library with a 2 TFLOP console and a 200 GFLOP portable isn't going to work, you'd have an ecosystem where many games wouldn't work on one device or the other and developers would be forced into making basically two different versions of every game just to get a game to run properly. 



Miyamotoo said:
Wyrdness said:

No mate it doesn't suggest anything of the sort as this sentence can mean anything, handheld and home consoles sharing a libarary can fall under this sentence for a start. Two devices that share a library and connect to each other like in the new rumour also falls under this, it's a vague statement.

With all things Nintendo recently was saying and EG infos, it not at all vague statment, actually perfectly fits all that.

 

bigtakilla said:

Then you're essentially implying meaning, what he said doesn't essentially confirm anything, if you taje what was said, add the rumor EG had and put those together you can draw that conclusion. But it's just as easy to say it implies two separate devices with a shared library.

It basically confirmed what is widely accepted opinion that NX is hybrid. There is no one single info that saying that NX have two separate devices, standalone console and standalone handheld.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEie4tD6S2A



bigtakilla said:
Miyamotoo said:

With all things Nintendo recently was saying and EG infos, it not at all vague statment, actually perfectly fits all that.

 

It basically confirmed what is widely accepted opinion that NX is hybrid. There is no one single info that saying that NX have two separate devices, standalone console and standalone handheld.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEie4tD6S2A

SMD64 is delusional at this point. He has no actual source for any of his theories either. 



Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEie4tD6S2A

SMD64 is delusional at this point. He has no actual source for any of his theories either. 

Did you check his links in the description? It gives the exact investors meeting and direct quotes from Iwata himself.

Keep in mind I'm not saying NX won't be a hybrid device, but there are statements that have been made which makes it seem it won't be a hybrid, but two form factors that share a library. 



bigtakilla said:
Soundwave said:

SMD64 is delusional at this point. He has no actual source for any of his theories either. 

Did you check his links in the description? It gives the exact investors meeting and direct quotes from Iwata himself.

Keep in mind I'm not saying NX won't be a hybrid device, but there are statements that have been made which makes it seem it won't be a hybrid, but two form factors that share a library. 

He convienantly downplays that Iwata a year after those quotes (Jan 2014) says that he's now unsure if they need multiple form factors or just one. 

My guess is the NX concept may have started as a multiple platform device, but Nintendo eventually came to the conclusion that a singular hybrid was better for several reasons. 

You can't have a "shared library" and then just have some balls to the wall 80 watt console and expect games to run on a 5-8 watt portable. 

This is very likely not at all the system SuperMetalDave64 is praying for.