The "leak" from that GfK survey got blasted over the Internet so much that I'm sure investors saw it and Japanese articles were made about it.
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What we know so far about the Nintendo NX with sources
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The "leak" from that GfK survey got blasted over the Internet so much that I'm sure investors saw it and Japanese articles were made about it.
DrROBschiz
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I suppose it depends on whether the manufacturing rumors are true...
It shouldnt be less vague, the past meetings they said wait til 2016, now its 2016 they need to tell the investors something good.
I expect them to announce their announcement date for NX at this meeting
McHuj
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Mediatek uses ARM CPU. There's no Mediatek custom CPU.
1) they always worked with ARM
2) ARM CPUs aren't that expensive
3) They can use ARM cores on any new console and form factor (handheld, tablet, home, etc)
4) big.LITTLE
5) Legacy architecture
6) Mediatek uses ARM too
MT employs regular ARM cores(off the shelf). I hope Nintendo takes a page out of Apples book and use some form of custom cores. The A9 chips in the lates iPhones are flying.
DrROBschiz
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When they finally start talking about NX I think GAF is gonna blow up
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Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
1. A SoC provider - that would be what nintendo need for their hh.
2. MediaTek are a major ARM SoC provider. And their ARMv8 SoCs are entirely A53 & A72-based. So nintendo would be investing either in an 'inexpensive' A53, or an 'expensive' A72. Either way, they can get those from a bunch of other vendors. So MediaTek is an option, but there's nothing special about them.
Nintendo have a third option - take an off-the-shelf core and significantly improve upon it, AMD A1100-style - 3rd level cache, (LP)DDR4, etc.
They never said when in 2016. They could've meant their next fiscal year which starts April 1st. Wouldn't that be a kick to the balls?
I'm very convinced AMD is providing the SoC with their announced "deal to manufacture SoC for unannounced platform". Might be the Puma APU for the console or something custom for the handheld.
Yup. Can't wait.
I just noticed that Koei Tecmo Guy, Reggie, and Tanabe have referred to the NX as a console. The Koei Tecmo Guy even said "home console" in response to a question asked about the stagnating home console market in Japan and how he believes the NX can help.
Maybe the console will come first or my theory is the handheld launched in Japan holiday 2016 and the west gets the console. Then we each get the other in spring 2017.
Pokemaniac
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It's accompanied by an investor briefing. Those always contain information about future strategy.
Apps may generate significant income by the end of the year, but doubtfully anything on the level of new HW. No parks or worldwide TV or films will release this year, except maybe anime in Japan. Amiibos--see apps above. software, kinda the same thing. It needs new HW as a platform. Zelda U will sell meh in JP and probably sub-MK8-ish in the West. I don't think this is mere investor lingo in re: next fiscal year's profits, but something we hopefully can rely on with Wii U and 3DS sales mostly languishing as they have.
I wouldn't expect any significant downgrade with what we've seen so far. Expect 720/30 on Wii U and 900/30 on NX console. What we've seen is remarkable but not impossible for Wii U.
(Ah, double post again--sorry about that! 😅
Thanks as always for your keen investigative sensibilities and hard work, Rösti! I know a certain yellow Pokémon who would be glad to team up with you and is newly renowned for their detective skills, and it's not Electabuzz!
They're keeping apps away from dedicated gaming devices, but that doesn't mean NX won't be bundled with New Metroid Prime X, where you finally get to play as a Metroid. Who can crawl.
Yes, absolutely. Not all of them, but some.
They didn't nosedive for long, FWIW. They went down and have gone back up. Anticipation for BX and mobile apps and such is starting to build, hence Serkan "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" Toto's investor speculative briefing last week. 😂
I agree. Unfortunately that kind of FUD as well as Toto's analysis may lead to fake disappointment based on unrealistic expectations. We shall see though. Hopefully Nintendo blows the proverbial lid off (with Cap'n Cuttlefish's help) and everyone will leave the FUD in the past where it belongs.
Agreed.
As mentioned above, Nintendo always speaks to future plans at these briefings.
Ah, man. I want to be a fly(ing Pikmkn) on the wall at that briefing.
Rösti;193355768 said:
Thanks as always for your keen investigative sensibilities and hard work, Rösti! I know a certain yellow Pokémon who would be glad to team up with you and is newly renowned for their detective skills, and it's not Electabuzz!
They're keeping apps away from dedicated gaming devices, but that doesn't mean NX won't be bundled with New Metroid Prime X, where you finally get to play as a Metroid. Who can crawl.
Yes, absolutely. Not all of them, but some.
They didn't nosedive for long, FWIW. They went down and have gone back up. Anticipation for BX and mobile apps and such is starting to build, hence Serkan "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" Toto's investor speculative briefing last week. 😂
I agree. Unfortunately that kind of FUD as well as Toto's analysis may lead to fake disappointment based on unrealistic expectations. We shall see though. Hopefully Nintendo blows the proverbial lid off (with Cap'n Cuttlefish's help) and everyone will leave the FUD in the past where it belongs.
Agreed.
As mentioned above, Nintendo always speaks to future plans at these briefings.
Ah, man. I want to be a fly(ing Pikmkn) on the wall at that briefing.
It depends on what you mean by survive. If you mean not die, then I think you're wrong. Nintendo can focus themselves like they have when they realised Wii U was a PoS and not selling. They then came back and became profitable but cutting costs, releasing great software and making partnerships with those that made sense (read: Japanese devs).
I can fully see a world where Nintendo makes some cheap console that plays Nintendo games, expands into mobile, pushes Amiibo more, licenses IP out more and then continues to make profits. A lot of us are too myopic and we think that success means third parties and great tech.
Would Nintendo prefer to sell 20 million high end consoles to core gamers or 30,40,70 million cheap consoles to anyone they can? It's rhetorical of course - the more consoles means the more people buying your games = more profits in the long run.
I wonder if people would be ok with NX games at 900p60 if they had a lot more detail than the PS4 versions at 1080p30?
Not because the hardware is weaker than the PS4, but because Nintendo prefers higher framerates and they could push more visual effects on screen like AF, Shadows, textures and AA.
Not because the hardware is weaker than the PS4, but because Nintendo prefers higher framerates and they could push more visual effects on screen like AF, Shadows, textures and AA.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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NinjaCoachZ
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Kinda maybe NX related (more of a "future Nintendo in general" thing), but, Emily Rogers says Nintendo's old developer relations manager has apparently left the company.
He worked for them since 1991 and was in charge of 3rd party relations for... GameCube, Wii, and Wii U.
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/692109981559185409
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/692113883004289024
So uh, that sounds like it could be a bit of a shakeup.
He worked for them since 1991 and was in charge of 3rd party relations for... GameCube, Wii, and Wii U.
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/692109981559185409
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/692113883004289024
So uh, that sounds like it could be a bit of a shakeup.
A true megaton. How he still had a job after the third party debacles of the N64, GameCube, Wii and Wii U is beyond me.
Fourth Storm
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Kissenkopf
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He needed to the leave the company because they cut the job completly. Don't need it anyway.
Thread-worthy?
NinjaCoachZ
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I was wondering about that myself. As Fourth Storm says, it's not as if he's the sole reason Nintendo's third-party situation has been what it was for the past couple decades, but it's still pretty huge and a talking point of its own. Emily even mentions in a couple of tweets that it's big news to anyone who's been following Nintendo closely enough.
I might PM a mod just to be sure.
Hero of Legend
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Question is, who will take his place, and will there be any improvement?
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Kimishima will just do it himself and go door to door to the publishers and developers and slam their heads into the system until they comply.
"Wii would like...you to develop".
Hero of Legend
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Do we know if he just dealt with NA 3rd-party support or worldwide?
Wonder if Damon Baker moves up now?
I was...actually wondering the same, honestly.
DaSorcerer7
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This is huge.
NinjaCoachZ
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Indeed he was.
https://twitter.com/Emi1yRogers/status/692115325995868161
I'm not sure. He worked for NoA though, so presumably at least NA?
TheGreatMightyPoo
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He's not edgy enough looking to get Dudebro games though.
If he worked for NA, this would mean he worked with the western third parties primarily I would think.
However, I am skeptical that his leaving means much. I doubt decisions about whether to moneyhat or make strong ties with third parties were left up to someone at NOA. Most likely NCL directed the bigger company-effecting decisions and he carried them out. This is just speculation based on what I have read about NCL and NOA, though.
However, I am skeptical that his leaving means much. I doubt decisions about whether to moneyhat or make strong ties with third parties were left up to someone at NOA. Most likely NCL directed the bigger company-effecting decisions and he carried them out. This is just speculation based on what I have read about NCL and NOA, though.
Fourth Storm
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I'll toss my name into the mix! haha
Hadn't thought of it like that. Hopefully it's easy to get that power and use it. Nintendo tends to make better architectures then gimp with the power in them so this is good news.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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This could end up dooming them.
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I think it mostly depends on whether he was liked or not, and whether the new person is liked or not. Also, if this change was known about for a while, it's possible the replacement (especially if it'll be someone getting promoted) was working alongside him ever since it was decided to learn the ropes and establish relationships. If I'm going to be optimistic, there's a chance all NX relations have involved the new person in some way.
I wouldn't worry about it. There's a degree of inside Nintendo we're just not privy to, and this is part of it. We have no reason to worry and no reason to not worry, you know? For all we know the most capable person ever is taking over, or perhaps he's not actually leaving but this is part of an elaborate ARG designed to hype NX, or perhaps the new third party relations manager is detective Pikachu, having solved the quantum riddle of how to become real. @_@
We could go down this Nabbit hole all day.
I spit out granola at this. Just a little. But still.
Hero of Legend
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Sounds like good news lol
You lost me. Sorry. ;___;
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