Nintendo NX needs 'near-zero modification' to run Xbox One/PS4 games

[Fulle]

@Redhawk
Nintendo doesn't like taking risks, so when they sell a console at a loss they make sure that they can make it back with the peripheral and first party software sales that usually come with that initial buyer's money. So sure the Wii U might have sold to someone for a slight loss to Nintendo, but 1 game and a controller, and Nintendo's positive on profit for that particular buyer. I guess my main point was they would want to grow their install base more than get drawn into the crazy markups smartphone makers generally sell their products at.

I still think a phone is very unlikely though.

 

[Skel]

Isn't this the pattern for Nintendo for the past few generations? They tell us it's going to be super awesome, people get excited and then it just.... isn't? The last Nintendo platform I bought was the Wii and that was amusing for a few moments before it just collected dust due to lack of games. I don't recall hearing the Wii U was any better. Even if they switch to the same base as MS/Sony, are they really going to get the draw at this stage to matter?

It just seems to me that console players are either devoted followers of a platform regardless of who makes it, or the company needs to put something out that blows what's currently out there out the water (even if it is just dressed up cut scenes). I'm having a hard time with the idea that Nintendo is going to be able to do that. A new Mario game can only go so far. It's not like they're going to create a real life NYC for Mario to bounce around in. It's just not what the IP is built upon.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I love first party Nintendo games like Zelda,Metroid and Mario but I dont see myself buying into the Nintendo hype again,not this time.As it was I dropped $700+ for the Wii-U on launch day with most of all the launch titles and an extra controller just to find that it was a huge flop.screw that noise!! NX would have to be 1.5x more powerful then the current gen and be able to play games at 4k before I would even be interested in buying it. Plus it would have to be a controller and game console for gamers not all this gimmicky bs like the Wii and Wii-U is/was.If the big N can pull that off then I am all for the NX.

 

[zerocool84]

A post on Reddit shows the controller that we've seen a picture of before and seen in their patent and since this is supposed to be announced @ E3 this year, this may be the controller for the NX.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/4bn6nm/nx_controller_pictures/

 

[cmdrdredd]

If that's it...count me out! No physical buttons, are they serious?

That's worse than the tablet controller and I didn't think it was possible.

 

[Fulle]

That controller makes me want to punch someone in the face. Whoever made the prank, or a hardware designer at Nintendo... I'm not sure, but when I look at it, I just want to bring violence upon someone. You know what I mean?

 

[Lil Frier]

That's just the worst. Honestly, how do you play a game with more than 2 (shoulder) buttons on that? Where would the face buttons exist? I'd worry the right stick will get smacked every time I try to reach inward, if that's where they go.

Here's hoping it's a joke, or that it's an early prototype that a chimp produced, only to have the other primates laugh him out of the industry.

 

[cmdrdredd]

That's just the worst. Honestly, how do you play a game with more than 2 (shoulder) buttons on that? Where would the face buttons exist? I'd worry the right stick will get smacked every time I try to reach inward, if that's where they go.

Here's hoping it's a joke, or that it's an early prototype that a chimp produced, only to have the other primates laugh him out of the industry.

If it's not a fake I'd say Nintendo is trying to sabotage themselves on purpose or something.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Been reported it is fake.

 

[zerocool84]

Been reported it is fake.

Yup, both are fake. They were both modeled after the patent Nintendo made for a controller.

http://kotaku.com/a-strange-update-on-those-rumored-nx-controller-photos-1766962610

 

[Anteaus]

You people are being too hyperbolic. You only need a joypad and 2 buttons to play Mario.

 

[cmdrdredd]

You people are being too hyperbolic. You only need a joypad and 2 buttons to play Mario.

Try playing super Mario world with two buttons. I remember buttons for moves with Yoshi, dropping power ups and spin jumps.

 

[ImpulsE69]

That controller would have really squashed the "can run xbone/ps4 games with zero mods" concept as well.

 

[Codete]

A controller able to run xbone and ps4 games? Sure, count me in! Can it make waffles?

 

[zerocool84]

NX coming out March 2017

Nintendo just announced that the Nintendo NX will be out in March 2017. That release window is global.

Via a*financial release, Nintendo states, “For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed ‘NX’ with a brand-new concept. NX will be launched in March 2017 globally.”

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-new-nx-console-will-be-out-march-2017-1773312629


AND............

Zelda delayed AGAIN to 2017

After being delayed from its original 2015 release date, the new upcoming*Zelda*game won’t make this year, either. Nintendo announced today that the game is now scheduled for 2017.

http://kotaku.com/the-new-legend-of-zelda-game-is-delayed-to-2017-1773314060

 

[Lil Frier]

So only 11 more months with nothing to play on a Nintendo home console! YAY!

 

[zerocool84]

So only 11 more months with nothing to play on a Nintendo home console! YAY!

Yup, seeing as my only reason to get a WiiU was for Zelda and that's getting released on the NX, the WiiU will be the first Nintendo home console that I've never owned.

 

[Sonikku]

Same for me. But I still want one for Star Fox/Bayonetta 2. I sure hope however Nintendo thinks about discounting this thing by the time NX rolls around. I'm going to be pissed if they never drop it and simply let stock dry up.