The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo has begun distributing software development kits for the new NX to developers.

The article also reads that people familiar with the project say that the NX consists of both a console-like device and handheld unit, as per the rumours; and that Nintendo is planning to use "industry leading" components after criticism with the Wii U regarding its graphical capabilities.

Expect more details on the NX to surface next year, presumably around E3. GBAtemp will keep you updated on any new developments.

Source (WSJ)

 

[BurningDesire]

@LuigiBlood Maybe something like a smart phone for the other part (portable part)

 

[spotanjo3]

I am not here to guess and the negative things. Its not worth and immature, really.

shaunj66, thanks for the news is all I can say for now until they reveal more detail in the near future.

 

[Bladexdsl]

they just posted a pic of the NX

 

[The Catboy]

The only thing I would really like to see more of from the NX is 3rd party games. The Wii U had very little 3rd party games, which made the wait between game releases far too long.

 

[1NOOB]

a powerful handled you can bring on the go and plug on a base to be a console ?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

a powerful handled you can bring on the go and plug on a base to be a console ?

Nope

 

[weatMod]

First

Now that is pretty interesting. I wonder if the controller will also feature as the handheld NX? I just really hope that they actually use "industry leading" components. If that ever happens, this NX has my money(if I have any, that is)

hmm "industry leading components" "nintendo NX"
nintendo NX= nintendo Nvidia X1 ?

maybe they use the x1 chip in the portable portion and there is another chip in the stationary portion that gives it more power for home gaming
which can be accessed through streaming to the portable portion
like streaming PC games to a shield

 

[stanleyopar2000]

so we're looking at a Wii U AND 3DS successor. say goodbye to 2016 AAA 3DS titles.

Please let *There* be NDA violating hardware photo leaks*

fixed

 

[BurningDesire]

hmm "industry leading components" "nintendo NX"
nintendo NX= nintendo Nvidia X1 ?

maybe they use the x1 chip in the portable portion and there is another chip in the stationary portion that gives it more power for home gaming
which can be accessed through streaming to the portable portion
like streaming PC games to a shield

Your logic *slow claps* If that was the case the portable would have

TEGRA X1 PROCESSOR SPECIFICATIONS
TEGRA X1
GPU NVIDIA Maxwell 256-core GPU
DX-12, OpenGL 4.5, NVIDIA CUDA®, OpenGL ES 3.1, and AEP
CPU 8 CPU-core, 64-bit ARM® CPU
4x A57 2MB L2; 4x A53 512KB L2
VIDEO H.265, VP9 4K 60 fps Video
4k H.265, 4k VP9, 4k H.264
POWER 20 nm SOC - TSMC
Isolated Power Rails, Fourth-Generation Cluster Switching
DISPLAY 4K x 2K @60 Hz, 1080p @120 Hz
HDMI 2.0 60 fps, HDCP 2.2
- See more at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-x1-processor.html#sthash.1WWFLsVe.dpuf

dear god make it happen

 

[TecXero]

Hopefully they have their crap together this time around. Developers aren't going to develope for your system if it's a terrible experience developing for it.

 

[Bladexdsl]

remember it's Nintendo so they will use dated hardware and last gen tech to cut costs

 

[Haloman800]

As long as my nephew is content with Splatoon/Wii U, I won't be buying another console.

 

[BurningDesire]

@stanleyopar2000

Read the top. They did say they want to develop easier for all platforms plus pc.... I think your right.

https://developer.nvidia.com/about-cuda

the nitty gritty

• Develop custom parallel algorithms and libraries using a familiar programming language such as C, C++, C#, Fortran, Java, Python, etc.

 

[Mazamin]

Leaks incoming

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Hopefully they have their crap together this time around. Developers aren't going to develope for your system if it's a terrible experience developing for it.

It appears as though they will either be using ARM or x64 as a processor and will be ditching PPC. AMD is at least partially in charge of the development of the console if that gives any indication as to the direction the console will be going

 

[BurningDesire]

Leaks incoming

I'll give it a month before someone leaks it

 

[Bladexdsl]

Leaks incoming

this just in crediar is one of the SDK developers

 

[zoogie]

My take on this.

Two different platforms, one unified OS.
Easy to put out a scaled down port for the handheld unit.
Handheld unit is not going to be a PSBone, but it will be pretty powerful.
Console will likely be a little more powerful than PSBone.

Difficult to see an attractive price point if they bundle, but we'll see.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

My take on this.

Two different platforms, one unified OS.
Easy to put out a scaled down port for the handheld unit.
Handheld unit is not going to be a PSBone, but it will be pretty powerful.
Console will likely be a little more powerful than PSBone.

Difficult to see an attractive price point if they bundle, but we'll see.

This is what it appears to be, yes. Handheld is supposed to outspec the Vita, but not be anything mindblowing. No word on console hardware yet

 

[TecXero]

It appears as though they will either be using ARM or x64 as a processor and will be ditching PPC. AMD is at least partially in charge of the development of the console if that gives any indication as to the direction the console will be going

I'm not really concerned about the hardware. To me, consoles are already mediocre PCs and I'd prefer a cheap affordable console as long as it offered me enough games to buy it. That said, being on par with the other consoles will make porting a bit easier, so I'm sure people that only buy Nintendo consoles would be interested in that. I'm more concerned about a repeat of this.