Reggie Fils-Aimé explains how Nintendo will not repeat Wii U mistakes for the NX

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In an exclusive interview with [a]listdaily yesterday, Reggie Fils-Aimé, the CEO of Nintendo of America, explained that Nintendo needs to improve their communication of "the positioning" of the NX during its launch, going on to say how they need to do a better job helping people understand the "uniqueness" of the system and what it means for "the game-playing experience".

Furthermore, Fils-Aimé goes on to say how the NX needs to have a "continuous beat" of games for the system, which would create the urge to motivate "more and more people to pick up the hardware."

"We always do our breakdown of what worked, what didn’t, and certainly we’ve done that with Wii U, and we continue to believe that the innovation of the second screen was a worthwhile concept...... when we launch the NX—we have to do a better job communicating the positioning for the product. We have to do a better job helping people to understand its uniqueness and what that means for the game playing experience." ~ Reggie Fils-Aimé


The NX is still yet to be unveiled by Nintendo, however it is said to be a home-console/portable with datachable controllers.


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No, i have an opinion and i want to voice it. What do you mean by third parties? Why would they give their IP's to third parties? Nintendo getting thrid party support is different to them making new ip's stop moving from the point.

OK, for clarity.

My initial argument was that Nintendo's lack of new IP has harmed their hardware sales this generation, this cannot be argued, the numbers bear it out. The Wii was a success in many regions likely due to its popularity amongst casual gamers and anyone who had been previously intimidated by "all those buttons" on 6th gen. consoles. Unfortunately those same folks who loved Wii Sports resort and Wii fit are quite unlikely to see the benefit in buying a slightly more powerful but essentially very similar console.

Because of its domination of the video game industry in the NES era, Nintendo adopted, and has stuck to, a quite rigid licensing policy, this combined with its penchant for making significantly different hardware to its closest competitors has alienated 3rd party development, starting with the N64. This has meant that many AAA titles just don't make it to Nintendo systems.

Street Fighter is good example, the 4th best selling game on the Super Nintendo, but Capcom has not made another Street Fighter game for a Nintendo home console since. Business is business, if they thought they would see significant sales of a title on a console, it would be made or ported. When was there last a true Final Fantasy game on a Nintendo home system? No GTA? Half-Life? The Wii U was the very last home console to see Minecraft, the second best selling video game in history!

Of course you're entitled to your opinion. That's what a forum is all about. But have you ever asked yourself why your is "usually" different to everyone else's?
 
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I was primarily responding to the point that CISC was an advantage. Cache is nice and everything, but even that is a lot slower than registers. But yes, a lot of money and research has been put into working around x86's flaws so we don't have to give up legacy support and move to a better architecture. Consoles and such are not bound by x86 legacy support like PC, however, which is why none of the consoles used x86 until now (and the original XBOX, but seeing as Microsoft was a PC company trying their hat at console gaming, that's not too unsurprising).
...and here we have the crux of the issue - in the past they weren't bound by those constraints, but today they very much are, at least in my opinion. As for "working around the flaws" of x86, most legacy stuff is either virtualized or emulated these days, modern x86 CPU's aren't carrying around three decades of computing history on-die.
 

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Theyve changed god damnit

Though I am not likely to forget Nintendo's three pillars nonsense any time soon, primarily as it was funny at the time and has only improved with age, I would have to agree that was however many years ago, however in the years since they have repeatedly denied things until the last moment (probably even with vendors having stock in shops) and I also can not believe for a moment that had the DSi worked that they would not have pulled a GBC on us.
Amusingly I am more likely to believe such things from Sony or MS, though at the same time had things been a runaway success (as opposed to the string of failures MS has seen and general apathy that has greeted much of what Sony has done in recent years).
 
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Though I am not likely to forget Nintendo's three pillars nonsense any time soon, primarily as it was funny at the time and has only improved with age, I would have to agree that was however many years ago, however in the years since they have repeatedly denied things until the last moment (probably even with vendors having stock in shops) and I also can not believe for a moment that had the DSi worked that they would not have pulled a GBC on us.
Amusingly I am more likely to believe such things from Sony or MS, though at the same time had things been a runaway success (as opposed to the string of failures MS has seen and general apathy that has greeted much of what Sony has done in recent years).
I was being satirical.
 

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OK, for clarity.

My initial argument was that Nintendo's lack of new IP has harmed their hardware sales this generation, this cannot be argued, the numbers bear it out. The Wii was a success in many regions likely due to its popularity amongst casual gamers and anyone who had been previously intimidated by "all those buttons" on 6th gen. consoles. Unfortunately those same folks who loved Wii Sports resort and Wii fit are quite unlikely to see the benefit in buying a slightly more powerful but essentially very similar console.

Because of its domination of the video game industry in the NES era, Nintendo adopted, and has stuck to, a quite rigid licensing policy, this combined with its penchant for making significantly different hardware to its closest competitors has alienated 3rd party development, starting with the N64. This has meant that many AAA titles just don't make it to Nintendo systems.

Street Fighter is a good example, the 4th best selling game on the Super Nintendo, but Capcom has not made another Street Fighter game for a Nintendo home console since. Business is business, if they thought they would see significant sales of a title on a console, it would be made or ported. When was there last a true Final Fantasy game on a Nintendo home system? No GTA? Half-Life? The Wii U was the very last home console to see Minecraft, the second best-selling video game in history!

Of course, you're entitled to your opinion. That's what a forum is all about. But have you ever asked yourself why you is "usually" different to everyone else's?
Yes, I have, usually its because in the minority in terms of my way of thinking. I agree with your points but most of this is down to shoddy marketing and weak architecture. The NX, however, is a very different ball game, if they play their cards right this console can be a success, we've seen Nintendo become more flexible with their funding of indie titles as well as their move into the mobile market.

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Oh yes, forgot to address this. all i'm going to say is:

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Capcom and nintendo have a long history. I forgot the story as to why they moved development to Capcom however ill look into it before i start and argument.

Edit: seems a guy who worked at capcoms subsidiary Flagship proposed the idea to miyamoto who liked the idea and went to the higher ups to get this deal done. So, it wasnt really just out of the blue.


I want to be wow'd by Nintendo home consoles again.


In case someone does not understand, these two games as well as "Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap" were developed by Capcom, a third-party developer.
NX is reported to be a hybrid so the traditional home console is out the window.
 
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Actually i only wait for Nintendo beeing out of buissness. They always do the same type of games or remakes over and over and get almost no 3rd party titles.
If they dint rule the handheld sector they where already out of buissness.

Really i dont care about Nintendo or there games anymore.
The best time they had was with the Super Famicon/SNES, after that they made mistakes after mistakes leading to less and less support from 3rd party for home consoles.

Really Nintendo go die.
 

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Actually i only wait for Nintendo beeing out of buissness. They always do the same type of games or remakes over and over and get almost no 3rd party titles.
If they dint rule the handheld sector they where already out of buissness.

Really i dont care about Nintendo or there games anymore.
The best time they had was with the Super Famicon/SNES, after that they made mistakes after mistakes leading to less and less support from 3rd party for home consoles.

Really Nintendo go die.
Someone needs to die and it's definitely not Nintendo :)
 

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Actually i only wait for Nintendo beeing out of buissness. They always do the same type of games or remakes over and over and get almost no 3rd party titles.
If they dint rule the handheld sector they where already out of buissness.

Really i dont care about Nintendo or there games anymore.
The best time they had was with the Super Famicon/SNES, after that they made mistakes after mistakes leading to less and less support from 3rd party for home consoles.

Really Nintendo go die.

Nintendo has a lot of money and aren't dying anytime soon. In fact they've been around over 100 years as a company. Why do they need to go out of business for you to feel better about yourself? Why can't you just not buy their games or consoles? It's beyond not caring about Nintendo you are a Nintendo hater.
 

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Actually i only wait for Nintendo beeing out of buissness. They always do the same type of games or remakes over and over and get almost no 3rd party titles.
If they dint rule the handheld sector they where already out of buissness.

Really i dont care about Nintendo or there games anymore.
The best time they had was with the Super Famicon/SNES, after that they made mistakes after mistakes leading to less and less support from 3rd party for home consoles.

Really Nintendo go die.
And this @mechagouki is a troll.
 
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Uhhh, let's see.... Don't fuck around with bullshit gimmicks like motion control and two separate gamepads. Oh, and MORE THIRD PARTY SUPPORT. Fucking morons.

Yeah they should just go out and get MORE THIRD PARTY SUPPORT THOSE MORONS. Because it's up to Nintendo if third party companies want to support them, they were just being lazy.
 

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100 years as a company means very little, especially in this games and technology lark.

There may be merit to a case for them to die if you think they are holding things back. I don't think they have the clout any more to hold things back like they once might have but I am prepared to hear otherwise.

Edit. Yes it is up to Nintendo to attract third parties. They have to provide the environment for it to happen (good hardware, good tools, good terms, good infrastructure... all the sorts of things we were discussing in earlier pages), post SNES (and arguably towards the end of the SNES if only by quasi monopoly in places) they have not provided a great place in home consoles, and the end of the ds and 3ds has saw their handheld reign if not end then get seriously damaged.
 

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Really i dont care about Nintendo or there games anymore.
The best time they had was with the Super Famicon/SNES, after that they made mistakes after mistakes leading to less and less support from 3rd party for home consoles.

Really Nintendo go die.
So in other words, you don't care for their products, so fuck everyone else who does. One more name for my ignore list.
 

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It seems like Nintendo either has fans or people who wish for their demise and there's no in between. Seems like the ones who really hate Nintendo could just ignore them but nope they have to chime in with their opinions. Newsflash if you hate Nintendo then they have no need to cater to you. Like I dislike Activision but I'm not going to go out of my way to make a thread about it or sign up for their forum just to announce this.

The 100 years+ is relevent because they still have a ton of money in the bank so you may think they're close to dying but they're no where near it, they know how to adapt and survive. They could make 3 or 4 more failed consoles and not go out of business, much to the tears of some of you.

"Edit. Yes it is up to Nintendo to attract third parties. They have to provide the environment for it to happen (good hardware, good tools, good terms, good infrastructure... all the sorts of things we were discussing in earlier pages), post SNES (and arguably towards the end of the SNES if only by quasi monopoly in places) they have not provided a great place in home consoles, and the end of the ds and 3ds has saw their handheld reign if not end then get seriously damaged."

They don't have to do any of that why cause you say so? and they've killed with the ds AND 3ds so you're wrong there. 3ds has sold over 100 million, the mark of a true success and they've more or less made Sony decide to give up on handhelds the Vita is still alive but Sony doesn't put Triple A titles on it and they've said recently they won't make another handheld so I'd say Nintendo is alright in the handheld market.
 
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Not sure about others, but I do recall how the Dreamcast US launch weas probably the best console launch in gaming history. Most retailers had decent stock of the system, and an excellent variety of games that pushed the hardware from the word 'go', including the primary franchises like Sonic.

Then new titles like Soul Calibur, Jet Grind Radio, and Marvel vs Capcom (which might have not been at launch, but was pretty much there almost right after), it's hard to say anything negative about the launch of the Sega Dreamcast. Conversely, the PS2 had one of the worst launch lineups in history. Actually, pretty much since the PS2, Sony had NO GAEMZ for any of its launches, flat out. Yet people seem obsessed with buying their consoles, leaving me scratching my head... until I realize that pretty much you have to buy the launch version of any sony console before they forcibly gimp it in revisions.
 

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But if they want people to even think about the NX after what they asked for from the WiiU, they need a launch lineup of legendary proportions.

I know some will be circle jerking for the next five years just for the next Zelda game being a launch title for the system. That much is a given. We all know someone that will absolutely buy any entry from a specific Nintendo franchise, even when they aren't that good.

I for one am... at best, immune to the apparent charms of the Zelda franchise. I for one have moved on from trying it out anymore because I know they're not for me. But I'm just as sick and tired of these nitwits that want to get hostile and act like they're something wrong with me because I like Nintendo, but don't like Zelda games. :huh: And they're going to need more variety than just a Zelda game for a launch if they want to earn my dollars on their NX console.

And yes, even if that means that Nintendo will have to shed some of that "family friendly" image to get the games that draw in people to the system. No More Heroes and MadWorld were amazing for the Wii, and Killer7 was phenomenal on the GameCube; but there's literally nothing like it on the WiiU, and that saddens me terribly. And while the PS3 and 360 got some great stuff from Suda51, literally nothing on the WiiU. And lately, rather than take a page from Capcom or Sega and support high-quality fan games released that respect their franchises, Nintendo would rather C&D and sue fan game makers, and try to seize assets like the whole content ID stuff they are doing on YouTube videos still to this day, even though their own corporate page claims they do sign off and authorize the use of their characters for fan projects. It waxes of inconsistency.

As for the WiiU for me, I wouldn't buy one new. While of the current generation of consoles, it's still the one with the most games for it I'd want, their corporate behavior, and especially taht EULA update that effectively bricked a WiiU console, are a huge turn-off for me and I won't abide by that behavior. Now, if someone gifted a system to me, or I was able to find a killer deal on one second-hand, I could maybe swing it. But new? Nope.avi.
 
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