Nintendo NX is a portable console with detachable controllers (Eurogamer)

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Eurogamer are reporting that Nintendo's upcoming NX will be a portable, handheld console with detachable controllers:

On the move, NX will function as a high-powered handheld console with its own display. So far so normal - but here's the twist: we've heard the screen is bookended by two controller sections on either side, which can be attached or detached as required.
Then, when you get home, the system can connect to your TV for gaming on the big screen.
A base unit, or dock station, is used to connect the brain of the NX - within the controller - to display on your TV.

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:arrow:Read the full article with a lot more info here: Source
 

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Customers: "Ok Nintendo, give us a traditional console."

Nintendo: "You want motion control?"

Customers: "No Nintendo, we want a traditional console. Traditionaaaal."

Nintendo: "Ok, we give motion control."

Customers: "No, listen. We want a regular freaking console."

Nintendo: "Ok, we give controller screen."

Customers: "For christs sake Nintendo. We just want a regular freaking console. This is your last chance."

Nintendo: "Ok, we give console."

Customers: "God finally...Thank you."

Nintendo: "But it really tablet with ability to be console!"

Customers: "SON OF A B****"

Even though I disagree entirely, this post should be a nomenee for the Best Post GBAtemp 2016 Award.

Freaking tears of laughter on my face right now.
 
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What the Philips screwdrivers!
I'm currently accepting this rumor due to the other rumors that compliments this one. But seriously WTF, why are people shouting things like "the most powerful handheld"?? Are we all just ignoring the 900p resolution rumor??? My phone right now does 2k, there are tablets coming out with true 4k and here we have a handheld hybrid with 900p....oohkaayyy right! And even if this does full 1080p with 60 fps on the tv, why would i buy it, i have the WiiU right here. Does 4k just not exists in Nintendo's world yet?

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Also I heard/read rumors that Nvidia made them a deal for a Tegra chip, if this happened, how old is that deal, and is it for the X1 or the X2, because there's something wrong if an X2 chip is only outputting 900p on a small screen! Which brings us to the screen size topic, this screen should be AT LEAST the size of 10.1 inch ipad to make games/netflix/whatever projects they have upcoming enjoyable and appealing to all the 'casual' players (so here's hoping for a big screen).

The last topic I wanted to touch is about their current handheld system and what's going to happen to it. If this rumor is true about the NX, doesn't this mean they're going to take out their own handheld systems and replace it with this?? Because I sure as hell hope Nintendo doesn't expect the people or myself to buy another handheld device JUST to play games like pokemon....LOL FUNNY JOKES NINTENDO

I just don't understand why Nintendo is fighting the Mobile Market. EVERYONE has one, just make these games for mobile and come out with special controller/adapter pertaining to that game. I'm sure the people would buy them, not to mention, they could make money out the ass with the micro-transactions!

Anyways I've come to acceptance of this NX happening, but when this thing does come out, i'll be over here waiting with my WiiU until they released the 'NX PRO', and even then...that's a maybe. Shit Nintendo! It's like watching an awkward kid try to make money.
 
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But guy, serious. This is no innovation, smartphone and tablet did this years ago.

Connect to tv, check. separate handle that attach to the side.


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check please.

Yes. But the difference with the NX, is that it won't be only 2% on the Android/iOS market supporting gamepads, like currently.
It will be all of them.

Not to mention, no crappy IAP riddled pay to win games flooding everything. Real games. Not wannabe tablet games and remakes like we've seen so far on the mobile market.
 

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What the Philips screwdrivers!
I'm currently accepting this rumor due to the other rumors that compliments this one. But seriously WTF, why are people shouting things like "the most powerful handheld"?? Are we all just ignoring the 900p resolution rumor??? My phone right now does 2k, there are tablets coming out with true 4k and here we have a handheld hybrid with 900p....oohkaayyy right! And even if this does full 1080p with 60 fps on the tv, why would i buy it, i have the WiiU right here. Does 4k just not exists in Nintendo's world yet?

snip /sorry

Also I heard/read rumors that Nvidia made them a deal for a Tegra chip, if this happened, how old is that deal, and is it for the X1 or the X2, because there's something wrong if an X2 chip is only outputting 900p on a small screen! Which brings us to the screen size topic, this screen should be AT LEAST the size of 10.1 inch ipad to make games/netflix/whatever projects they have upcoming enjoyable and appealing to all the 'casual' players (so here's hoping for a big screen).

The last topic I wanted to touch is about their current handheld system and what's going to happen to it. If this rumor is true about the NX, doesn't this mean they're going to take out their own handheld systems and replace it with this?? Because I sure as hell hope Nintendo doesn't expect the people or myself to buy another handheld device JUST to play games like pokemon....LOL FUNNY JOKES NINTENDO

I just don't understand why Nintendo is fighting the Mobile Market. EVERYONE has one, just make these games for mobile and come out with special controller/adapter pertaining to that game. I'm sure the people would buy them, not to mention, they could make money out the ass with the micro-transactions!

Anyways I've come to acceptance of this NX happening, but when this thing does come out, i'll be over here waiting with my WiiU until they released the 'NX PRO', and even then...that's a maybe. Shit Nintendo! It's like watching an awkward kid try to make money.
Well maybe Nintendo devs find 1080p can't get the framerates they want and 900p does. The screen might actually be 1080p but everything game wise is rendered at 900p-ish kind of like the Xbox One in some games. As far as I know this is all based on rumors..
 

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It will be weird that Nintendo port The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to a portable console it my opinion if this rumor is true by any chance.
 

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Yes. But the difference with the NX, is that it won't be only 2% on the Android/iOS market supporting gamepads, like currently.
It will be all of them.

Not to mention, no crappy IAP riddled pay to win games flooding everything. Real games. Not wannabe tablet games and remakes like we've seen so far on the mobile market.

100% No. It's the same concept, what do you mean wannabe tablet games and remakes? Didn't Nintendo just release the Mini NES, was that not a remake?? what about all the other games they "remade" for the WiiU? It's not that hard, you take the mobile device and slap the nintendo name on it....no need to make a whole system and call it 'different'!

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Well maybe Nintendo devs find 1080p can't get the framerates they want and 900p does. The screen might actually be 1080p but everything game wise is rendered at 900p-ish kind of like the Xbox One in some games. As far as I know this is all based on rumors..
But there's the problem isn't it...."NINTENDO DEVS". What about all the other devs that are making a game currently, i'm just foreseeing game devs having a hard time making a game and portraying what they were trying to show us on this console. (wii problems)
 
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welp i won't be getting an NX
guess i'll be getting Zelda on wiiu than but it will prob be the last game i ever get from them. they are dead to me now :sleep:
I actually had hope for them but at this rate I don't know if it will be getting anywhere. The NX seems basically like a Wii U (Or 3DS since it's portable?) I think Nintendo tried outrunning consoles since no one had the idea of making a console portable. I guess if you traveled a lot in car, and have a hotspot avilable this would be a good console.

I mean just imagine having a NX, and being able to hook it up in a small TV, and replace the screen easily in something like a Plane trip. But again the concept may be bad,

Always just assume they know what they are doing. Maybe it will end up like a New 3DS XL Wii U NX.
 
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100% No. It's the same concept, what do you mean wannabe tablet games and remakes? Didn't Nintendo just release the Mini NES, was that not a remake?? what about all the other games they "remade" for the WiiU? It's not that hard, you take the mobile device and slap the nintendo name on it....no need to make a whole system and call it 'different'!

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------


But there's the problem isn't it...."NINTENDO DEVS". What about all the other devs that are making a game currently, i'm just foreseeing game devs having a hard time making a game and portraying what they were trying to show us on this console. (wii problems)
The "remakes" he referenced are the 20+ rehashes of every successful concept on the mobile app store.
 

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What the Philips screwdrivers!
I'm currently accepting this rumor due to the other rumors that compliments this one. But seriously WTF, why are people shouting things like "the most powerful handheld"?? Are we all just ignoring the 900p resolution rumor??? My phone right now does 2k, there are tablets coming out with true 4k and here we have a handheld hybrid with 900p....oohkaayyy right! And even if this does full 1080p with 60 fps on the tv, why would i buy it, i have the WiiU right here. Does 4k just not exists in Nintendo's world yet?

nm2nbyj.png
Also I heard/read rumors that Nvidia made them a deal for a Tegra chip, if this happened, how old is that deal, and is it for the X1 or the X2, because there's something wrong if an X2 chip is only outputting 900p on a small screen! Which brings us to the screen size topic, this screen should be AT LEAST the size of 10.1 inch ipad to make games/netflix/whatever projects they have upcoming enjoyable and appealing to all the 'casual' players (so here's hoping for a big screen).

The last topic I wanted to touch is about their current handheld system and what's going to happen to it. If this rumor is true about the NX, doesn't this mean they're going to take out their own handheld systems and replace it with this?? Because I sure as hell hope Nintendo doesn't expect the people or myself to buy another handheld device JUST to play games like pokemon....LOL FUNNY JOKES NINTENDO

I just don't understand why Nintendo is fighting the Mobile Market. EVERYONE has one, just make these games for mobile and come out with special controller/adapter pertaining to that game. I'm sure the people would buy them, not to mention, they could make money out the ass with the micro-transactions!

Anyways I've come to acceptance of this NX happening, but when this thing does come out, i'll be over here waiting with my WiiU until they released the 'NX PRO', and even then...that's a maybe. Shit Nintendo! It's like watching an awkward kid try to make money.

Lolol, NX Pro/XL confirmed, I'll wait as well for that!
Edit: Let's not forget that even SE said FFXV wasn't going to be on this console. Looking at this rumor, it was probably too much of a pain for them to port.
 
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What the Philips screwdrivers!
I'm currently accepting this rumor due to the other rumors that compliments this one. But seriously WTF, why are people shouting things like "the most powerful handheld"?? Are we all just ignoring the 900p resolution rumor??? My phone right now does 2k, there are tablets coming out with true 4k and here we have a handheld hybrid with 900p....oohkaayyy right! And even if this does full 1080p with 60 fps on the tv, why would i buy it, i have the WiiU right here. Does 4k just not exists in Nintendo's world yet?

nm2nbyj.png
Also I heard/read rumors that Nvidia made them a deal for a Tegra chip, if this happened, how old is that deal, and is it for the X1 or the X2, because there's something wrong if an X2 chip is only outputting 900p on a small screen! Which brings us to the screen size topic, this screen should be AT LEAST the size of 10.1 inch ipad to make games/netflix/whatever projects they have upcoming enjoyable and appealing to all the 'casual' players (so here's hoping for a big screen).

The last topic I wanted to touch is about their current handheld system and what's going to happen to it. If this rumor is true about the NX, doesn't this mean they're going to take out their own handheld systems and replace it with this?? Because I sure as hell hope Nintendo doesn't expect the people or myself to buy another handheld device JUST to play games like pokemon....LOL FUNNY JOKES NINTENDO

I just don't understand why Nintendo is fighting the Mobile Market. EVERYONE has one, just make these games for mobile and come out with special controller/adapter pertaining to that game. I'm sure the people would buy them, not to mention, they could make money out the ass with the micro-transactions!

Anyways I've come to acceptance of this NX happening, but when this thing does come out, i'll be over here waiting with my WiiU until they released the 'NX PRO', and even then...that's a maybe. Shit Nintendo! It's like watching an awkward kid try to make money.
Quick question, why do you care that much about resolution?

More importantly you want Nintendo to become a typical mobile dev that puts winning behind a pay wall of micro-transactions, and loads every game, including ones you paid for, with ads? No thank you. All I need from Nintendo is exactly what they've always done. Release great games.
 

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NX: now your NOT playing with power...in fact your not even playing on a console!
I'm seriously done with you. You've provided nothing to the discussion but endlessly posting shitpost quality messages with no real info in them. Stop clogging up a discussion thread by repeating your nonsense over and over. By definition this is a console.
 
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Quick question, why do you care that much about resolution?

More importantly you want Nintendo to become a typical mobile dev that puts winning behind a pay wall of micro-transactions, and loads every game, including ones you paid for, with ads? No thank you. All I need from Nintendo is exactly what they've always done. Release great games.

Because it's 2016 and 4k is already out, and this console is going to be released 2017, and i bought the WiiU for LoZBotW BUT i cannot believe that the game has been finished but delayed for like 2 years just so they can use it to sell this console. Also would you watch netflix on your crappy tv or a 4k tv, and again how are game devs suppose to make "great games" for every console but find it super hard to port it to consoles like the Wii/WiiU and now this? And i never said that i want them to go behind the idea of micro-transactions, just saying it's an option if they are trying to make money. I Also never mentioned ads, all i said is that if they are truly trying to dominate the 'portable' industry they should just make games for the mobile devices and slap that NINTENDO name on it. Take Pokemon Go, 10 million downloads, BECAUSE everyone has a phone. Pokemon Sun/Moon would make at lease double what it's going to make if it was released as an app in the app stores, again because everyone owns a phone, but not a 3ds.

EDIT:Also you said it yourself, they make 'GREAT GAMES', but what history is showing us is that they suck at making hardware.
 
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I have a degree in physics. The most powerful mobile chip is half as powerful as a ps4 the limiting factors are heat. Streaming has to do with badwidth not real life distance.
... and Ps4 isnt the most powerfull proccessor... its a few years old and even in release it wasnt the most powerfull one...
And phisical distance makes internet connections slower... I tried with friends... the closer ones had less ping then the ones farther away...
Im talking cable distances, not the distance on the map...

Ah and still no mobile processor is as powerfull as the latest i7
 
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The NX was already confirmed a homeconsole wasn't it? I think there was a rumor about a single screened handheld in the works recently so maybe this is that?
 

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