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Digitimes: NX mass production delayed to early 2017, VR integration, hybrid(?)

Not going to even entertain that this is real. Just sounds like made up mess. I'm sure this thread will get huge though.
 
NX was first touted and speculated in March 2015. It's now June 2016, no-one still knows anything and Nintendo isn't saying anything despite the Wii U being pretty much dead at retail for the last six months (I'm being generous), with their E3 line up consisting of Zelda, Zelda, Zelda and Reggie running round dressed as Basil Fawlty whispering to the guests 'Don't mention the NX War, I did once but I think I got away with it'

Legit question: Has there ever been such a prolonged period of open speculation before without clarification in gaming?
 
Making a huge last-minute change like this after spending years on R&D to develop their own plan seems ridiculous.

How would they possibly do it? They would have to have developed titles to showcase VR. Unless the system is somehow compatible with Oculus or Vive, but that would mean they would have to be able to have those games run on the NX hardware.
 
I'm thinking the NX will have mobile VR support at launch, with the possibility of dedicated VR HMD support in the future. So essentially Nintendo might sell its own branded mobile VR headsets, and users might be able to spectate other players in VR.

Nintendo could also do VR spectating with their new My Nintendo spectating functionality. Imagine being able to put on a smartphone-powered VR headset and watch your friends play games in VR while in the same room.

I'm not sure if Nvidia's new Pascal-based Tegra chip is powerful enough to spin dedicated VR though. I'd imagine it is.
 
Nintendo isn't a company that jumps on trends at the drop of a hate. They test and see if the technology is profitable. VR may be a product Nintendo is actively testing, but I don't see them delaying NX to add in such functionality. The only way VR is in NX is if Nintendo partnered with a company that will provide the headset.
 
casinoman921 said:
Nintendo struggled developing HD games for the Wii U. I can't imagine them doing VR so soon.
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You think they will never again try something new because they struggled once ? Thas not how it works....but i also dont think that VR will play a big role for them with NX. Maybe with a revision down the line.

Shit will just get too expensive - which killed WiiU, a 150-200 bucks system which was sold for more than 300.
 
Seems like trying to fill in reasons for the perceived release change. Everyone had Fall 2016 locked in their mind so when Nintendo says nope Spring 2017there has to be some huge reasoning behind it.

Far more likely to be a legitimate software issue than them suddenly deciding a XB0/PS4 level device should suddenly get an upgrade and VR tossed in.
 
MilkBeard said:
Making a huge last-minute change like this after spending years on R&D to develop their own plan seems ridiculous.

How would they possibly do it? They would have to have developed titles to showcase VR. Unless the system is somehow compatible with Oculus or Vive, but that would mean they would have to be able to have those games run on the NX hardware.
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Is it that big of a change? Just because it supports VR doesn't mean it needs to launch with VR They probably just needed to bump up the specs, seeing as PS4 was able to add PS VR post launch as well
 
Tom Nook Sawyer said:
Is it that big of a change? Just because it supports VR doesn't mean it needs to launch with VR They probably just needed to bump up the specs, seeing as PS4 was able to add PS VR post launch as well
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The reason PS4K exists is because PS4 will run VR like dogshit. NX would need to add a 4+Gflop GPU to deal with VR in any sort of acceptable manner especially how much of a stickler Nintendo is on frame rates etc
 
Sure its possible but as far as I understand is that "good vr" needs expensive hardware and nintendo does not like to release expensive hardware.
So what gives?
 
shagg_187 said:
Yeah, if anything, delaying only means it'll actually meet the production target. Unless they are cutting the production in half to focus on VR and Wiimote 2.0.

This rumor is quite silly. Skeptical but interesting.
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Considering that the new console will miss this holiday season it probably does ring true for them to reduce expected demands during the current NX launch schedule. I don't believe everything that this information is presenting, but I do think that part of the delay is due to some revisions of NX hardware. The Polaris chip is future tech for AMD and after watching their presentation the other night, I can see how hard they are wanting to push this design and in everything possible.
 
Tom Nook Sawyer said:
Is it that big of a change? Just because it supports VR doesn't mean it needs to launch with VR They probably just needed to bump up the specs, seeing as PS4 was able to add PS VR post launch as well
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Yeah, but it took them years to do it. And we knew about it for a long time, and developers were given tons of time to develop for it. And it doesn't seem the NX will be powerful enough to support the high end VR, so my only guess is that it would support the low-end stuff like gear VR and cardboard. Unless Nintendo threw together a quick contraption to strap the controller to your face, lol.

The collab would require the devs to port them over, though.
 
antonz said:
The reason PS4K exists is because PS4 will run VR like dogshit. NX would need to add a 4+Gflop GPU to deal with VR in any sort of acceptable manner especially how much of a stickler Nintendo is on frame rates etc
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Are you talking about that disproven report from a few days ago?
 
wienke said:
If the rumored NX was not as powerful as PS4K or the new Xbox, then how could this do VR effectively?

Further, if the NX was delayed for software reasons and Nintendo really did swerve at the last second for VR, I don't think even a delay until March would give them enough time to make VR games...at least the kinds of games that we'd like to play. A basic Wii Sports kind of thing maybe with traditional games padding out the lineup would be the most I could see in that scenario.

I dunno, I'm just skeptical that this will be some kind of VR machine.
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I hope it's not, I have no interested in all 3 companies hopping on this VR shit. I miss the days where they all tried doing some weird different shit.

I hope Nintendo doesn't just hop on to hop on, but after getting left in the dust with the Wii U who knows.
 
The NX might be some kind of Surface knockoff instead of a traditional handheld or console and with the announcement from AMD about the RX 480 it might be closer to a Surface Pro.
360 controller + Surface = Portable + Tv gaming.
NX controller + NX system = Portable + Tv gaming.
 
I dropped even remotely believing anyone with any sort of supposed insight on what NX is after the controller fakes.

No one has any idea what this thing is. We are just going to have to endure the excruciating wait until Kimishima one day decides we have all suffered enough and decides to actually tell us what is going on.
 
This doesn't make sense which is why I believe Nintendo would do it. Can't wait for 3D Mario VR. Gonna need a second job to afford this $599 mess.
 
Also, one thing to note: If Nintendo were to seemingly add VR support, then wouldnt they be able to simply develop their own device, a la Playstation VR, and they wouldn't have to delay the initial console launch? All they need is to be able to hook an external device to the system.

And in the case of collaboration, all they would need is for developers to develop their own device that works with the NX. In this scenario, I don't see Nintendo needing to delay the initial launch. They could simply allow for support to increase later in the cycle.

Once again, this being the cause for the delay reeks of shit.
 
I can't possibly believe the VR thing. It sounds completely unfocused and reactionary. What would even be the point with only a year's run-up? The whole point of restructuring the company was to make games easier to make across all platforms. Suddenly toss VR in there and everything's a complete crapshoot.
 
antonz said:
The reason PS4K exists is because PS4 will run VR like dogshit. NX would need to add a 4+Gflop GPU to deal with VR in any sort of acceptable manner especially how much of a stickler Nintendo is on frame rates etc
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People already played games on it. They dont run like dogshit.
 
Kimishima is running Nintendo now, not Iwata. It will be interesting to see where this goes because Kimishima I feel will gauge what's going on in the modern world more than Iwata did.
 
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