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[nckillthegrimace]

I'm very surprised they're putting out a Splatoon port instead of just waiting for the sequel. Maybe it won't be ready anytime soon.

Also, I hope they have a bunch of new software to show off at the unveiling because that's a lot of ports.

 

[ozfunghi]

Yup. In fact, one source said her tweet opened up the floodgates of people stepping out and confirming it.

This should be added to the OP, as well as LCGeek's post.

 

[deadscreensky]

So is this part of the reason that Sony and Microsoft are developing .5 consoles? Because if so, I might just jump back to Nintendo for the first time since primary school.

I can't imagine either of them are even slightly worried about this.

 

[orochi91]

So is this part of the reason that Sony and Microsoft are developing .5 consoles? Because if so, I might just jump back to Nintendo for the first time since primary school.

I would never be a Nintendo only gamer, unless I'd have a capable PC accompanying it.

Otherwise you'd miss out on way too many 3rd party games and other console exclusives.

 

[Pancake Mix]

Ah shit!!! Nintendo better adapt Blu-ray this time around.

They already essentially did. Wii U discs are basically single-layer Blu-ray discs like how GameCube discs were basically mini-DVD's and Wii discs were basically DVD's. Developed by Panasonic again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs

If we get discs again, the only change I can see is a laser or drive capable of reading dual-layer discs of this type, if that was an issue on Wii U.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

What's with all these rumors —

*Neiteio pauses and goes pale*

...oh no

*Neiteio runs to the living room and rips open the curtains. Outside in the streets, cars are burning. Everywhere you look, there are men giving people noogies and asking them to pull their finger*

"Uncles! Uncles everywhere!"

bookmarked

 

[Brofield]

https://youtu.be/h_qNqBloKU4?t=10m56s

This video is so relevant to this leak., it perfectly represent what's going on with the industry right now . From 10:55.

Bosman is a gift to the gaming industry-nay, humanity.

 

[ozfunghi]

So, he didn't get the ok to post from Nirolak? He did claim as much.

Modbot is the source for the confusion with his last post in the other topic. But 10k did get the go-ahead by other mods.

 

[D4Danger]

Also, I hope they have a bunch of new software to show off at the unveiling because that's a lot of ports.

well all you have to do is say the game you want, I will confirm I've also heard that is a thing and it will magically exist.

 

[Coffinhal]

A few babysitting jobs that I took during High School, with parents who refused to let their children use Xbox Live or (now) PSN because it costed money. There's also my own little cousins whose parents won't even let them have Smash 4 DLC or the MK8 Season Pass. Parents can be real penny-pinchers.

Ok so that's a generalization, not a serious assumption based on any survey, data or any kind of report other than your few experiences.

Agree with the rest of the message though, but not because "it's Nintendo, it's for children, all parents don't pay for online".

 

[orochi91]

I'm so goddamn happy right now.

XB and XBX remasters are gonna be so fucking hype.

:'D

 

[WrenchNinja]

Now I really wish I didn't buy any of the smash dlc

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

But is it more powerful than PS4K?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

The CPU not being ass is what excites me the most of all these NX rumors.

Games like the Batman port would have been an instant-buy for me but the way it ran was disappointing to say the least.

 

[dose]

I don't get the whole 'struggling to copy player data across' stuff for MM and Splatoon, this makes little sense.

 

[Madao]

if that's true about the ports, i'd double dip on Zelda and SSB4.

i've got enough with Splatoon and Mario Maker in their current forms. only way i'd get those again is with some promo or something.

 

[Pastry]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

 

[ShadowgeistX]

If they can price themselves competitively like back in the Gamecube days then I'll be very pleased. Other than that, the news is pretty exciting so far. I think I've skipped out on all the games getting remastered besides smash.

 

[Numb]

I'd take a Mii costume and a port included with Bayo2 re-release

Wonder Red needs to be in Smash. We already have the other stuff and is just a bonus to those without Wii U later on.

Also can we get a normal controller or is that too much to ask?

 

[Crono27]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

Been hearing rip Nintendo since n64.

 

[Zombegoast]

https://youtu.be/h_qNqBloKU4?t=10m56s

This video is so relevant to this leak., it perfectly represent what's going on with the industry right now . From 10:55.

So NX is best JoJo?

 

[nckillthegrimace]

well all you have to do is say the game you want, I will confirm I've also heard that is a thing and it will magically exist.

Elite Beat Agents 2: Attack of the Disco Rangers

 

[WillyFive]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

Why? I would imagine the opposite to be equally as true, if not more so.

 

[gogogow]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

Lol. RIP Nintendo with weak HW, RIP Nintendo with powerful HW. Nintendo, damned if you do, damned if you don't. Nintendo doomed since 1889.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

But is this a real reason to get excited? It's more rumours after all. Could all turn out to be nonsense and get something completely different.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I hope the NX Zelda looks noticeably better than the Wii U one and this is from someone who is still more interested at the prospect of playing the Wii U version.

It needs something like that out of the gate to get the hype rolling, even if it'll probably only really excite Nintendo fans.

 

[hupla]

Would ports of these games imply the system isn't backwards compatible?

 

[MK_768]

Been hearing rip Nintendo since n64.

And we will continue to hear it after NX cause even if NX bombs, Nintendo is unlikely to go anywhere lol.

 

[sense]

Batman arkham knight remastered edition. It will not be the same game and also not the same content

 

[jroc74]

So...ARM vs x86.

Whats the consensus on if its ARM? Some of us said ARM seemed likely because of the handheld.

I havent been following mobile phone specs in awhile but I know Samsung and Apple uses some of the best ARM chips on the planet. I think whats in the Shield isnt too bad either. But thats Nvidia.

Can a home console that uses ARM really be more powerful than the PS4? Curious to know what those with knowledge in chips think.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I don't get the whole 'struggling to copy player data across' stuff for MM and Splatoon, this makes little sense.

That sound wishy-washy as fuck to me. So I dont believe it.

It could of been a bit more believeable if the rumor was controller input issues such as NX controller having no screen.. or a smaller screen.

 

[Instro]

So, he didn't get the ok to post from Nirolak? He did claim as much.

Getting the ok to post something doesn't mean the mods could verify anything. At least I'm assuming that's what is happening.

 

[ethomaz]

Looks a lot like WII U case to be fair.

Wii U is indeed about 50% more powerful than PS3.

I expect NX to be at least 50% more powerful than PS4.

 

[down 2 orth]

I would never be a Nintendo only gamer, unless I'd have a capable PC accompanying it.

Otherwise you'd miss out on way too many 3rd party games and other console exclusives.

Yeah I wouldn't stick to just Nintendo, but if this console is good it might become my main gaming fix.

why would that be the reason? The reason Xbox One.5 and PS4.5 might happen is because console new SKUs have become the new price drops. It's an extension of what both of them did last gen packing in games and bigger hard drives with the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Because I don't think Sony or Microsoft would rest easy giving away the tech edge to their competition for potentially more than half a console cycle. Never write Nintendo off is one of those rules.

 

[kirblar]

Specs aren't actually that surprising, was going to have to be around PS4 to handle the presumed FF7 remake.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Looks a lot like WII U case to be fair.

Wii U is indeed about 50% more powerful than PS3.

I expect NX to be at least 50% more powerful than PS4.

The CPU of the Wii U hampers it greatly though.

 

[Neff]

power is probably not why those developers/publishers are not on nintendo consoles.

Hard to say since we haven't had a Nintendo console on equal technical footing with the competition for a decade.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

There is absolutely no market for a budget console. The type of people who would "buy" budget consoles are more likely to just game on their phones

Looks a lot like WII U case to be fair.

Wii U is indeed about 50% more powerful than PS3.

I expect NX to be at least 50% more powerful than PS4.

You realize there is no way to quantify how strong this is, right? We barely know the CPU and no nothing about the GPU or RAM. How can you possibly say it looks like the Wii U this early on?

 

[Nanashrew]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

If the tech is much cheaper they still can. Tech is actually improving, maturing and getting cheaper faster than ever. Just about anything can beat those Jaguar CPUs in the PS4 and XBO, and those newer and better CPUs are cheap now too.

 

[10k]

So no big concept behind the NX ? Just a home console that can handle current-gen quality games ; and maybe a new handheld later with some ports. It seems just like a Wii U+3DS with more 3rd party to me. It's weird that we have news about the architecture, the games, the remasters, the handled plans but nothing on the big concept promised etc.



Yeah, let's put to trash all our media planning for the next year because there are —believe it or not — rumors about a new console.

Spoiler

Are you serious or gaffing?

There is a big concept. Nobody will spill the beans though.

 

[Father_Brain]

They're really trying to compete directly with PS4/XB1? This will not end well.

Spoiler

not that it would have ended well any other way

 

[TheSpoiler]

C'mon third party support.

I'm excited.

Please Nintendo, get in that third party support ass.

 

[Meesh]

There is a big concept. Nobody will spill the beans though.

No doubt hidden away in the vast seas of patents...

 

[Pastry]

There is absolutely no market for a budget console. The type of people who would "buy" budget consoles are more likely to just game on their phones

Right but on the opposite spectrum there isn't a market for a third high-end console. I don't see why the average consumer would opt for that when the two other options are established consoles with upcoming revisions.

 

[Schnozberry]

So...ARM vs x86.

Whats the consensus on if its ARM? Some of us said ARM seemed likely because of the handheld.

I havent been following mobile phone specs in awhile but I know Samsung and Apple uses some of the best ARM chips on the planet. I think whats in the Shield isnt too bad either. But thats Nvidia.

Can a home console that uses ARM really be more powerful than the PS4? Curious to know what those with knowledge in chips think.

ARM A72 cores at 2ghz should be a nice performance increase over the 1.6-1.75ghz Jaguar Cores in the PS4 and XB1. Ports from the other consoles would be slightly more difficult, but not impossibly so.

 

[-Horizon-]

why did modbot in the other thread say "newer unverified source"? I thought this stuff got verified?

 

[Ad0ve]

They're really trying to compete directly with PS4/XB1? This will not end well.

Spoiler

not that it would have ended well any other way

More of the "they should have made a budget console!!!" BS?


theres no market for that kind of garbage

 

[ShadowFox08]

Something tells me that the smash 4 port on the NX will have new content. I think there's a good chance the dlc characters will be included, but I think new ones will come(along with the wii u). If you're gonna get the wii u smash crowd to buy the NX version, new content is really the way to do it.

Really hoping Wolf, Snake, and Ice Climbers come back. I think IC and Wolf have a great chance, if we get more characters.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

If true, RIP Nintendo. I firmly believe the only way they can be competitive and continue making hardware is to go for the budget console. They'll get eaten alive if they're trying to compete as a "premium" product.

What's a budget console? Like, something for around $150?

No one's going to buy that. Look at the Apple TV.

 

[dose]

That sound wishy-washy as fuck to me. So I dont believe it.

It could of been a bit more believeable if the rumor was controller input issues such as NX controller having no screen.. or a smaller screen.

Yeh exactly, when I start seeing stuff like that it just suggests that the rest could be BS too. We'll see.