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bunchanumbers on 09 October 2016
WoodenPints said:
Really we need that reveal as we are getting into the shopping season now and people may spend the money on other hardware rather then save it for a NX if we don't get any official info and hype.

Its what I've been saying. Otherwise if they are not going to do it his holiday season, we shouldn't hear anything about it until at least February and hope that they capture the imagination like Pokemon GO! did.



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Wyrdness on 09 October 2016
Werix357 said:

If the NX really has just two SKUs that would mean the Home Console portion will not operate without the HandHeld other wise there would be three SKUs 

Going by the recent rumour the whole hybrid thing is a misinterpretation, the way it's describe is more along the lines of two stand alone devices executing one concept with one device having some slight portable function. This is why 3DS is still getting support well into 2017 as the NX platform coming is not a replacement for it but the Wii U's successor, the 3DS successor will probably arrive in 2018.

The portable device is said to be barebones much like the gamepad, the two devices make up the SKU with the portable device likely housing the interface to interact with features and play games.



bonzobanana on 09 October 2016
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
bonzobanana said:
There hasn't been any announcements from software companies about ports to NX of software with high gpu and cpu demands. I think if the NX was a 2 teraflop plus gpu console we'd be hearing a lot more about support. Pretty sure its going to be fairly low level performance whatever it is. Many are saying its definitely Tegra based.

The $100 bundle option could be a VR visor that the tablet slides into. Similar concept to the Samsung VR system from oculus.

I was thinking a bundle of reasonable power 720p tablet, base station with fan and VR helmet/visor should be something like $199-279. I think the time has gone where Nintendo can charge sky high prices for rubbish hardware.

But we barely know anything about software support outside perhaps that it can run a Wii U-like game and one Ubisoft Dance title. Nintendo must have a lot of NDA out on NX so knowing about real and actual is very rare.

I don't agree with that it seems to me historically you have leaks about games being developed sometimes a year in advance. for major projects. This definitely feels like a console that either won't be supported by many publishers or basically has less ambitious software like mobile games that don't require much development.  It definitely feels from all the rumours that this is a portable system first with the bonus you can also play them upscaled on your living room tv.



JWeinCom on 09 October 2016

I don't really believe this rumor. But, if it's true, expect preorders to be up by the end of the month. No other reason stores would be getting this stuff at this time.



Miyamotoo on 10 October 2016

"I'm inherently very suspicious of any rumours which claim to know pricing or marketing details this far ahead of launch. None of these decisions will have been nailed down by now, and there's no reason for anyone outside a very small group of people to be involved in the decision making (and they're not exactly the kind of people to go around making detailed leaks). I can't think of a single time a rumour of this type has turned out to be true."

This post from Neogaf have much sense.



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BlkPaladin on 10 October 2016
TallSilhouette said:
vkaraujo said:
Do you guys believe in backward compatibility?

My Wii U needs tech assistance, but i am not in a hurry right now. Since i am almost sure to buy NX in launch anyway, was thinking of not fixing it right now.

I expect it to be BC with digital versions of legacy titles, but will require proper ports for Wii U games. Such titles may or may not be crossbuy or discounted if you owned them before.

If they do the legacy bc they will probably handle it like they did with the Wii legacy software for the Wii U, $20 a title. Though they may offer the titles at a discount since the new My Nintendo service knows what you bought digitally, they use it currently to replace the software on the 3DS if direct transfer is impossible.



Werix357 on 10 October 2016
SonytendoAmiibo said:
Werix357 said:

If the NX really has just two SKUs that would mean the Home Console portion will not operate without the HandHeld other wise there would be three SKUs 

Yup. So there wont be just a console version. Its either hand held plus console or just, what?

It could be console with hand held or just hand held. Which means the system is hybrid.

Or it could be console with hand held, or console without hand held. Which means it's a home console with a mini portable and not a hybrid.

Could work both ways, doesn't prove anything.

Yeah could just be one with HD built into the dock

Wyrdness said:
Werix357 said:

If the NX really has just two SKUs that would mean the Home Console portion will not operate without the HandHeld other wise there would be three SKUs 

Going by the recent rumour the whole hybrid thing is a misinterpretation, the way it's describe is more along the lines of two stand alone devices executing one concept with one device having some slight portable function. This is why 3DS is still getting support well into 2017 as the NX platform coming is not a replacement for it but the Wii U's successor, the 3DS successor will probably arrive in 2018.

The portable device is said to be barebones much like the gamepad, the two devices make up the SKU with the portable device likely housing the interface to interact with features and play games.

True the NX could be based on one architecture with two varients.



The_Yoda on 10 October 2016
Darwinianevolution said:
SonytendoAmiibo said:

The home console is the most important thing in Nintendo‘s future as mobile devices further erode away the remaining dedicated hand held gaming market. Sony knows this. Thats why they will not make a replacement for the Vita. Nintendo knows this as well.

Considering the fact that the WiiU has lost more than 85% of its original userbase compared with the 44% of the 3DS, Nintendo knows they can't put all their eggs in two baskets anymore. And if they have to choose, they'll chose handhelds. Even now, it's the thing that is giving them profits, compared to the money hole of the WiiU.

Money hole? ... are you talking about all the money they sank into marketing? LOL

IIRC they profited on each console sold if it included the sale of 1 game.



teigaga on 10 October 2016
The_Yoda said:
Darwinianevolution said:

Considering the fact that the WiiU has lost more than 85% of its original userbase compared with the 44% of the 3DS, Nintendo knows they can't put all their eggs in two baskets anymore. And if they have to choose, they'll chose handhelds. Even now, it's the thing that is giving them profits, compared to the money hole of the WiiU.

Money hole? ... are you talking about all the money they sank into marketing? LOL

IIRC they profited on each console sold if it included the sale of 1 game.

So the hardware made loses, and this was before the price cut. I'm sure its profitable by now, whether they made more money on throughout the generation on Wii U hardware then they lost is another question. Back in 2014 Iwata said further price cuts were "not an option".



DélioPT on 10 October 2016

I took another look at what was revealed and it kinda makes sense.

From what i read (other websites) some people thought this was bogus mainly because of things like having NX written on the box, the color scheme and the bundle price.
I read a comment somewhere that companies to tend to send these boxes to retailers to determine shelf space. Whatever goes is the box seems irrelevant at this time, if you ask me.
The bundle costing 100$ more could easily be explained by having a HDD built in.
Truth is, not everyone is interested in digital purchases, and if they really are going after the casual crowd, this kinda makes sense.