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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The wither 3 on the nx. The dream is broken. But if i could play mario maker,zelda,wii games etc on the go i will be happy .
 

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Nintendo does make way to much way to stupid decissions troughout the last few years :(

I completely disliked the Wii and even though I did not buy a Wii U I actually think it was a failure as well

And the chances of me buying an NX is getting even less like this :/
Why the hell would I want another Handheld I have the 3ds and my phone and a lot of people do have Tablets too so why would I get another one even if there were some decent Games .... They would have to make it insanely cheap than maybe ...
 

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Eurogamer are usually spot on - they have been for both Neo and Project Scorpio recently for a start.... but I'm gonna wait for an official announcement before grabbing the pitchfork :D

IF true, a few figures: the Tegra x1 is very much on the ball when it comes to opengl ports - check out Doom 3 BFG: on PS3/360 it struggled with 720p/30fps, yet on the x1 powered Shield TV it can smash it at 1080p/60fps.... Take away the bloated mess that is the Android OS, make the screen 720p perhaps, and even with x1 it should still be capable of producing visuals some margin in advance of the Wii U. Now grab a figure out of the sky and say perhaps x2, which might be in the NX, is, oooh, 30% more powerful? We're not hitting PS4 power anytime soon but it might not be as bad as some may think!

...But really as a lifelong Nin fan I'm just trying to put a good spin on it! First impressions and all that: and when I first read this news I thought 'what a crock of shit'

Not mentioning a word of it at e3, with hindsight, was clearly a genius move: imagine the gaming world being shown THIS.... no, far better idea to chuck the news out on a Direct where the outcry won't be half as bad, and the diehard Nin fans that'll watch will just try and put a similar good spin on it (like I just have!) :lol:
 
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Eurogamer are usually spot on - they have been for both Neo and Project Scorpio recently for a start.... but I'm gonna wait for an official announcement before grabbing the pitchfork :D

IF true, a few figures: the Tegra x1 is very much on the ball when it comes to opengl ports - check out Doom 3 BFG: on PS3/360 it struggled with 720p/30fps, yet on the x1 powered Shield TV it can smash it at 1080p/60fps.... Take away the bloated mess that is the Android OS, make the screen 720p perhaps, and even with x1 it should still be capable of producing visuals some margin in advance of the Wii U. Now grab a figure out of the sky and say perhaps x2, which might be in the NX, is, oooh, 30% more powerful? We're not hitting PS4 power anytime soon but it might not be as bad as some may think!

...But really as a lifelong Nin fan I'm just trying to put a good spin on it! First impressions and all that: and when I first read this news I thought 'what a crock of shit'

Not mentioning a word of it at e3, with hindsight, was clearly a genius move: imagine the gaming world being shown THIS.... no, far better idea to chuck the news out on a Direct where the outcry won't be half as bad, and the diehard Nin fans that'll watch will just try and put a similar good spin on it (like I just have!) :lol:
Fuck that nintendo is doomed if this shit is real.

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I feel like im the only one who wanted a fucking normal nintendo console. if this is true, im done with nintendo. Done. ill be waiting for zelda on
PC. Ill just hold on to my ideal NX.
 

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Great. Once again, Nintendo is going to be a generation behind, failing to understand that what succeeded with the Wii won't repeat again.

Triple A devs won't bother make versions for it if it ends up being too hard (too far, or too little) compared to its competitors. Nintendo still hasn't learned this lesson since the N64, apparently. In the case of the 64, it was a matter of capacity. With the Gamecube, it was a lack of networking capability. With the Wii and since, it's been under-powered as crap.

I was pretty much considering grabbing a WiiU on the cheap before Nintendo purged available stock so that it jumps up in price on Ebay. At this point, it seems like the WiiU is their flat out last console, period. I'm just hoping that a WiiU will be properly hack-able by the time I could pick one up, as that is personally the reason I want one.

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Hand helds are boss & hybrid between a home console & a hand held is even better minus all the negetivity -_-
Who do you know that's ever bought one of those android microconsoles? Do you know anyone with an Ouya? Because that's exactly the parallel that Nintendo is heading with the NX.

This reveal is bollocks.
 
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...Eh even if it is I'll buy it. Won't exactly take it with me to school an such but I'll take it to my dads when I go there.

But if this is true I honestly don't know why Nintendo would do that since they have the 3DS and it's still going good. I just want a new Nintendo console that isn't just a gimmick.

Then again it's just rumors, they could be completely wrong.
 

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People don't seem to realize that Nintendo doesn't want to make another shitty pre-built PC like Sony and Microsuck are doing. They want a gaming console.

Making a hybrid console now is the way to go, the fact that the Wii was underpowered one whole generation meant little, and the design I'm currently thinking of the NX will have means they could merge all their good gimmicks, franchises and stuff into a single console that also merges the home console and portable markets. Imagine a console you can either play on the go or on your TV with no issue whatsoever, while being able to use either motion controls, touchscreen controls or regular controls (AKA, merging what made the Wii and DS successful plus portability) on a console that will definitely be more powerful than a Wii U?

Seriously, let Nintendo do what they want to do. They don't need to enter this dick wars between Sony and Microsuck by saying "MUH PROCESSOR IS BIGGER THAN YOURS", all they need is to innovate and carry the industry ahead, as well as keep making good games, which they can and will.
 
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I hope to god it's not. But Eurogamer has indeed had a strong track record on these things.

It's like the vibe with the PS3 boomerang shit all over again.

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People don't seem to realize that Nintendo doesn't want to make another shitty pre-built PC like Sony and Microsuck are doing. They want a gaming console.

Making a hybrid console now is the way to go, the fact that the Wii was underpowered one whole generation meant little, and the design I'm currently thinking of the NX will have means they could merge all their good gimmicks, franchises and stuff into a single console that also merges the home console and portable markets. Imagine a console you can either play on the go or on your TV with no issue whatsoever, while being able to use either motion controls, touchscreen controls or regular controls (AKA, merging what made the Wii and DS successful plus portability) on a console that will definitely be more powerful than a Wii U?

Seriously, let Nintendo do what they want to do. They don't need to enter this dick wars between Sony and Microsuck by saying "MUH PROCESSOR IS BIGGER THAN YOURS", all they need is to innovate and carry the industry ahead, as well as keep making good games, which they can and will.
Hybrid console? where have we seen that before. oh, right. The WiiU, with NO GAEMZ for 3/4 of its supported life cycle. And literally most of the library that is even talked about only being first party software.

We've also heard the same thing about every Android console ever released, how it was supposed to compete on the same level, or even offer #PCMasterRace level gaming for the masses on the cheap. Guess what? the only people that bought those just wanted angry birds, flappy bird, and got all the pay to win shit that floods Google Play and iTunes store, or become little more than glorified streaming boxes. People were already dumping the Ouya into pawn shops before the thing was officially on sale, because it was shit. Even the hardware in the modern-gen NVIDIA shield can't save such a concept. What makes you think Nintendo should waste its time trying? At least the likes of NVIDIA and Samsung could afford a catastrophic loss there.
 
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I hope to god it's not. But Eurogamer has indeed had a strong track record on these things.

It's like the vibe with the PS3 boomerang shit all over again.
I will admit that Eurogamer has a pretty strong track record, but people need to remember that a leak =/= a reveal by any stretch of the term. Even assuming hardware specs in a leak are 100% correct, there may be features that the developer were planning on presenting that would make all the difference. I'd only consider it a proper "pre-reveal" if it came with a keynote and slide show or something (a la PS4.5)

We've also heard the same thing about every Android console ever released, how it was supposed to compete on the same level, or even offer #PCMasterRace level gaming for the masses on the cheap. Guess what? the only people that bought those just wanted angry birds, flappy bird, and got all the pay to win shit that floods Google Play and iTunes store, or become little more than glorified streaming boxes. People were already dumping the Ouya into pawn shops before the thing was officially on sale, because it was shit. Even the hardware in the modern-gen NVIDIA shield can't save such a concept. What makes you think Nintendo should waste its time trying? At least the likes of NVIDIA and Samsung could afford a catastrophic loss there.
Why do you keep coming back to Android? I can say with 99% confidence that Nintendo will be using their own OS built loosely on UNIX, similar to the Wii U
 

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I will admit that Eurogamer has a pretty strong track record, but people need to remember that a leak =/= a reveal by any stretch of the term. Even assuming hardware specs in a leak are 100% correct, there may be features that the developer were planning on presenting that would make all the difference. I'd only consider it a proper "pre-reveal" if it came with a keynote and slide show or something (a la PS4.5)


Why do you keep coming back to Android? I can say with 99% confidence that Nintendo will be using their own OS built loosely on UNIX, similar to the Wii U
Because all these different micro-consoles all either end up using Android or are basically the AppleTV. And literally no games ever are made for any of these things. Certainly no games that take them seriously. Even if they could run, they're all then entirely coded only for touchscreens and have no actual controller support of any kind, almost mandating extra software and some hackneyed hack job to approximate console level controls.

Every single said maker of said micro-console will always market it to the moon and back, including but not limited to flat out lying about its capability or available games. None of these things ever get triple A budget titles to them - even if they do, it's more than a generation behind. But the people that buy these are usually the people that can't even surf the web past facebook, let alone have the grasp to be able to play a fully featured video game. And all of said microconsoles use either the iTunes app store or Google play, and what are those filled with? Pay to win schlock left and right. The typical person buying these end up only using them for streaming boxes because that's the only thing it does correctly. And those that bought into the hype of their gaming prowess are usually having to turn around and sell them second-hand by the time they realize they can't return it for a refund.
 
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as a concept, I thought it's nice provided that it's on par with the PS4 and Xbox One. However, knowing Nintendo, it will be most likely be less powerful than the PS4 and Xbox One. So... Assuming it's true, and Nintendo actually manages to present the console, with good specs and launch titles, I'm sure many will be all over it
 
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Because all these different micro-consoles all either end up using Android or are basically the AppleTV. And literally no games ever are made for any of these things. Certainly no games that take them seriously. Even if they could run, they're all then entirely coded only for touchscreens and have no actual controller support of any kind, almost mandating extra software and some hackneyed hack job to approximate console level controls.

Every single said maker of said micro-console will always market it to the moon and back, including but not limited to flat out lying about its capability or available games. None of these things ever get triple A budget titles to them - even if they do, it's more than a generation behind. But the people that buy these are usually the people that can't even surf the web past facebook, let alone have the grasp to be able to play a fully featured video game. And all of said microconsoles use either the iTunes app store or Google play, and what are those filled with? Pay to win schlock left and right. The typical person buying these end up only using them for streaming boxes because that's the only thing it does correctly. And those that bought into the hype of their gaming prowess are usually having to turn around and sell them second-hand by the time they realize they can't return it for a refund.
But this wouldn't be a microconsole, it would be a dockable handheld gaming device by a major first party hardware publisher.

It would essentially be an Nvidia Shield portable, if it actually had exclusive titles published for it
 

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The Wii U wasn't even a hybrid, like, wtf.

By this point, it ought to be clear that if you want to play the same CoD game withzomgrealistic graphics, Nintendo isn't for you. They first and foremost value fun and innovation, which is indeed the way to go for the entertainment industry
 
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