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Today via their latest finacial report, Nintendo announced that their new upcoming gaming system, codenamed the Nintendo NX, will be released worldwide in March 2017.

“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.”

The Nintendo NX will not show at this year's E3, instead the company will focus on the latest Zelda title at the upcoming conference, which will now be a dual release for both WiiU and the NX.

1. No NX at E3. Will focus on new Zelda

— Takashi Mochizuki (@6d6f636869) April 27, 2016

Latest Nintendo Financial Report

Update. The new open world Zelda is also set to appear on the NX and Wii U at the same time.
Source thanks to DarkenedMatter

 

[Seriel]

check the source of the info they are usually spot on!

"usually"
Not all the time.

This may well prove to be true, i'm just saying at this point it is just rumours and speculation. Nothing has been confirmed yet.

 

[Bladexdsl]

has it's own thread now

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

has it's own thread now

I couldnt find the source, i only got as far Eurogamer, can you link it?

 

[Noctosphere]

Also, I though it was said long ago that it would be about 15% more powerful than ps4

 

[huma_dawii]

What I'm saying is, NX is the PS4.5 from NINTENDO. That's it... I want to believe it's not x86 because that's obsolete and takes too many resources.

And as of today's rumors, NX wont be x86 hell yeah xD and it will be a hybrid

 

[chartube12]

And as of today's rumors, NX wont be x86 hell yeah xD and it will be a hybrid

So what you are saying is, you want the NX to lack easy portability and thus have less 3rd party support? Fucking, they might as well name it the wii u 2 then

 

[huma_dawii]

So what you are saying is, you want the NX to lack easy portability and thus have less 3rd party support? Fucking, they might as well name it the wii u 2 then

Not quite that.. but hey, we will be able to get our games to go... to me sounds very exciting... NX will be great.

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

Who knows these are just rumors right now, although the whole part about cartridges seems to have credibility as Nintendo filed a patent in regards to it. Only time will tell, although usually IGN is pretty spot on even with rumors, we'll see.

If this turns out to be true, I'm a bit disappointed, I was hoping Nintendo would finally get with the times and make a powerhouse this time around, let's just wait and see I guess....

 

[smf]

I want to believe it's not x86 because that's obsolete and takes too many resources.

Obsolete compared to what?

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

Obsolete compared to what?

PPC actually has a lot more registers to work with, so basically if you take an x86 processor that's equivalent to a PPC the PPC will actually run circles around the x86. The only reason I can think of for PPC being abandoned in the computer realm ages ago is for security reasons. Its finally been abandoned in consoles as well (with the exception of the Wii U)

 

[BORTZ]

And as of today's rumors, NX wont be x86 hell yeah xD and it will be a hybrid

If nintendo doesn't make it easy to program for they might as well kiss any chance of success goodbye.

 

[grossaffe]

Obsolete compared to what?

Compared to processors of a RISC design. x86 is an ugly, antiquated architecture.

 

[huma_dawii]

Compared to processors of a RISC design. x86 is an ugly, antiquated architecture.

Thank you.

If nintendo doesn't make it easy to program for they might as well kiss any chance of success goodbye.

Well, I'm happy it not x86 because developers got so lazy after XB1 and PS4 launched... the only thing they know is how to waste resources.

 

[osirisjem]

If nintendo doesn't make it easy to program for they might as well kiss any chance of success goodbye.

Agreed.
I wonder if N is targeting smartphone developers not PS XB devs ?

 

[BORTZ]

Agreed.
I wonder if N is targeting smartphone developers not PS XB devs ?

Hopefully both, but I think the smartest thing to do is to make the NX the most compatible with smartphone games and indie titles. The more games they can get funneled to their new system the better.

 

[osirisjem]

Hopefully both, but I think the smartest thing to do is to make the NX the most compatible with smartphone games and indie titles. The more games they can get funneled to their new system the better.

To target XB PS devs .. use x86 architecture.
What architecture would you use to target smartphone devs ?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

If nintendo doesn't make it easy to program for they might as well kiss any chance of success goodbye.

ARM is still a very standard architecture to program for

 

[smf]

Compared to processors of a RISC design. x86 is an ugly, antiquated architecture.

That is hyperbole. In reality PPC is arguably not RISC & x86-64 processors translate code into something that arguably is RISC. I'm not sure why you think the "antiquated" and "obsolete" architecture is the best performing hardware for it's price.

The only real competition x86-64 has is from Arm (which arguably also no longer is RISC), but that is on power and price not on performance. I know we're supposed to hate Intel, but they have been doing pretty good things since the Core 2 came out. Apple wouldn't have switched unless there was a good reason to.

The RISC/CISC designation is antiquated and obsolete.

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

If nintendo doesn't make it easy to program for they might as well kiss any chance of success goodbye.

Actually programming new games is fairly simple, its porting them over that's the issue. When the architecture is completely different, you're going to have issues moving things from one platform to another. However, this might be what you were referring to, I'm not sure. If so, then disregard this comment lol

 

[TheDarkGreninja]

Actually programming new games is fairly simple, its porting them over that's the issue. When the architecture is completely different, you're going to have issues moving things from one platform to another. However, this might be what you were referring to, I'm not sure. If so, then disregard this comment lol

yep.