Hi Reggie.
Eurogamer: NX = portable w/ carts, detachable controllers, Tegra, TV Out, no BC, Sept
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Hi Reggie.
Nocturno999
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This generation has been too boring after 3 years. PC and NX will be the way to go for me.
The next Dragon Quest is very possible.
The next Dragon Quest is very possible.
Mihos
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This list made me realize I really don't like very many Nintendo games. It will be a great system if you are already a Nintendo fan, but not sure how many people are up for a dedicated system for only those 1st party titles and little else.
Moon_frogger
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This thing is going to tank harder than the wii u. Man this is going to suck.
B
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The dock is more than likely going to add additional power.
This is going to be $300. Look at how insane the Wii U's pricing still is.
A wii u hits around .3 tflops whereas the tegra (as stated in the op) hits .512. So it's stronger and great hardware for a handheld but disappointing for a home console
Airola
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Maybe the middle-piece would upgrade the performance closer to the NX levels.
wild wild rice
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But how are we supposed to play Pikmin 4 and Sin & Punishment 3?
You know somebody's an extra happy camper.
Nvidia has not had a game console contract since December 2004 when it was announced that Nvidia was partnering with Sony on the PS3 GPU.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_17342.html
And after the Cell architecture Sony steered clear
cyberheater
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Tegra's should be able to deliver at least 720p gaming. That has to be the bare minimum here.
yeah, i want to rebuy everything nintendo! fuck the wiimotes and wii u pro controllers i already have, there is nothing like rebuying!
casey_contra
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Some of us might want more than two hours of battery life.
No it isn't. The Wii U is 0.176.
To be fair, even if it's $300, it's still a handheld AND a console, rolled together. That suddenly seems like a better value proposition. They're going to heavily market the fact it does both, according to the rumor.
I think the form factor is key here. If it looks sleek, if it looks like something people would want to lug around with them, then I think it'll catch on quicker.
...not looking forward to the inevitable revisions every couple years, though.
Jonneh3003
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I think we'll have to wait until September to really find out, I imagine two full sized controllers with the sides poking out to give us the left and right side for single player.
Barry Burton
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So much THIS. It's why I've always been excited about the prospect of NX having a shared library, regardless of any other hardware details. No more "I wish I didn't have to play this game on a tiny screen" or "I wish I could take this game on the road". No more need to buy two systems to get your full Nintendo fix, and more flexibility and choice as to how you'll experience it.
As just a fan of Nintendo games, at the very least it's hard to not be super-excited about the NX's potential. I'm already more interested in NX than I ever was for the Wii U, and we still don't know a whole heck of a lot about it.
Erm, a Wii U is ~170 GFlops. And less efficiently usable ones at that.
This is Nintendo reacting to the reality of their situation.
1) They are not going to chase the other two consoles power wise. They will always be behind because they concentrate on price and family oriented gaming.
2) Third parties were not going to magically come back to Nintendo just because of power. Nintendo has to have a successful console for them to really be into making games for it.
4) Nintendo really is a great software company, people literally buy their consoles for their games. Sony and MS cannot say that with a straight face. by focusing on just one console instead of a home console and a portable they could actually release a formidable library games of games on their own.
megashock5
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So, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" for the TV ads showing both home and on-the-go use?
Astral Dog
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On the other hand, this makes an early purchase of NX easier, i love, LOVE Nintendo handhelds 
On a television sure. On a handheld there are battery concerns. Not a tough concept to wrap your head around. Handheld and TV output resolutions will be different.
StarStabbedMoon
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Well, setting expectations low isn't exactly a bad thing. If there's one plus from Nintendo putting out under-powered portables for decades, it's that.
This will probably be more expensive than your typical Nintendo portable, probably more in line with their consoles, as a consequence.
PeakPointMatrix
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If you think Sony and MS are interchangeable (especially in this gen) I fear to look at your report cards from gradeschool because you must have payed the LEAST attention from all your peers.
Unless their is more GPU power in the TV dock which many are suspecting or at this point hoping.
I tweeted at Tom Phillips who confirmed that it is two detachable controllers and not just two halves of one whole controller.
This is the weirdest part to me.
There it is. If this is all true, this has to designed perfectly.
ArcaneFreeze
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Well it looks like devs will have there choice as to whether they want to focus in the handheld side or the console side atleast. Because i just don't see how just Dance is gonna work on a portable lol.
tiredheadcrab
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Emily Rogers was right. Not x86 but still an industry leading chip.
What do they need to learn?
this would be brilliant!
Fourth Storm
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The funniest thing is that Mochi from the WSJ told us last year exactly what we are hearing now!
Mochi da man!
Mochi da man!
FireBeaver
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This is excellent news, I've wanted Nintendo to unify handhelds and consoles for ages now. Hopefully they can deliver a killer launch lineup and keep pumping out quality games, in order to compensate for the lack of power.
LambdaTeos
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See, I don't get this, why having 3 consoles with similar power but with exclusives?
microSD cards are already exceeding 200GB at affordable prices, so expandable storage shouldn't be an issue long term. For the device's internal storage itself we might see an iDevice model with different amounts at different pricepoints.
Given most games will be from Nintendo, Japanese 3rd parties and indies I expect filesizes aren't going to be much more than we see today outside the western AAA sphere. And game cards at 32GB+ for physical media will probably be a relative rarity.
If each controller is independent and you only use one of them while playing... how tf would you play an action game like Bayonetta or a shooter with just a d-pad/XYAB set and a joystick?
The idea of the controllers being detachable seems fine to me if they can unite into a regular controller to play using a TV, but if they are independent we might end up with less buttons than a Wii controller.
The idea of the controllers being detachable seems fine to me if they can unite into a regular controller to play using a TV, but if they are independent we might end up with less buttons than a Wii controller.
Mmm, okay...but why should consumers buy it? I guess it's good news for some Nintendo fans because it presumably eliminates the separate handheld console. Without a hook or a catch (beyond the MS Surface hybrid nature) I don't know. Maybe if they introduce it with a VR headset or something. Seems far behind the times if it's going to be using a cellphone processor, I mean high performance graphics cards are more affordable now than they have been in a long time.
I guess I'll have to see when and how they actually reveal it, because there must be more to it.
I guess I'll have to see when and how they actually reveal it, because there must be more to it.
Thats not how it works.
Unless Nintendo is about to fire a huge chunk of their developer workforce they have tons of studios to make games for their own & single platform.
Maybe they're taking another approach this time. Instead of trying to get FIFA (which let's be honest here, FIFA needs graphics/online structure/multiplayer community to work, I don't think Nintendo can provide all of that) they are targeting Beyond Good & Evil 2. Games they know can sell well on their platform and push them to success.
Herb Alpert
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I hope so.
metareferential
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Of course it's going to be a reskinned, portable WiiU power-wise.
It's the standard Nintendo way of doing hardware. xD
They'll be fine. And we don't know if the docking station will ad computational power.
Anyone expeting Nintendo to compete with raw power and third parties AAA was delusional.
The landscape is definitely changed, and Nintendo is wise adapting to it, if this mean they're going to have a single console for home and portables.
More focused development, more games to the public, more money.
It's the standard Nintendo way of doing hardware. xD
They'll be fine. And we don't know if the docking station will ad computational power.
Anyone expeting Nintendo to compete with raw power and third parties AAA was delusional.
The landscape is definitely changed, and Nintendo is wise adapting to it, if this mean they're going to have a single console for home and portables.
More focused development, more games to the public, more money.
I think you have it wrong. My guess is that they're going to be held upright and be a seperated pair, wiimote+nunchuck style.
I whipped this up pretty quick. My best guess atm. I'm thinking Wii Remote-style rotation.
Put in IR because the wii's IR is usable and shouldbe insanely cheap to add in by this point.
casey_contra
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I know! I'm itching for some manufacturing pics.
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