When Reggie, the president of Nintendo of America, was asked yesterday about how he felt the NX stacks up against the new Xbox and Playstation consoles, he responded in an expected (but still disappointing) way.

"You know for us, it’s not about specs, it’s not about teraflops, it’s not about the horsepower of a particular system. For us it’s about content. Nintendo is a content focused company. We create entertainment that makes people smile so for us, we’re focused on bringing our best entertainment to the Wii U as well as the NX in the future.

For us whatever Microsoft and Sony are doing in terms of talking about new systems, that’s for them to fight out in that red ocean. For us, we want to make sure we're bringing our best content forward and right now the reaction to Zelda has been more than we could have ever imagined."

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I'm sure that we at the 'temp have a lot to say about this statement. Let us know your opinions below!

Source: Bloomberg.com

 

[DutchyDutch]

I still want Nintendo to team up with Xbox/Microsoft. Imagine Nintendo IP's with the power of Project Scorpio or Windows 10. Bye bye Playstation

 

[Xenon Hacks]

R.I.P NX

 

[sarkwalvein]

R.I.P NX

Talk about an early miscarriage.

 

[Abu_Senpai]

I still want Nintendo to team up with Xbox/Microsoft. Imagine Nintendo IP's with the power of Project Scorpio or Windows 10. Bye bye Playstation

NO! Personally i want SEGAXNintendo to team up why?

Well just look at Segas untouched console library from the GENSIS AND DREAMCAST era i mean kmon Streets of rage 4 HELL YEAH!

 

[Bladexdsl]

^ just look at sonic boom

 

[TotalInsanity4]

NO! Personally i want SEGAXNintendo to team up why?

Well just look at Segas untouched console library from the GENSIS AND DREAMCAST era i mean kmon Streets of rage 4 HELL YEAH!

Oh, you mean that company that shot themselves in the foot by segmenting their fanbase after releasing to many console/upgrade products? The same one that continues to produce games that are buggy as hell to this day?

Yeah, they should definitely team up with a company that needs to work on getting themselves back on track with the current market. That can only end woooonderfully

 

[sarkwalvein]

^ just look at sonic boom

Right, such a jewel.
Good to be able to count with SEGA.
Specially how well they bring ATLUS games to Europe.
And thinking ATLUS, I want to suppose SEGA was not involved in Tokyo Mirage censoring galore.

 

[Abu_Senpai]

Oh, you mean that company that shot themselves in the foot by segmenting their fanbase after releasing to many console/upgrade products? The same one that continues to produce games that are buggy as hell to this day?

Yeah, they should definitely team up with a company that needs to work on getting themselves back on track with the current market. That can only end woooonderfully

Also the company who are publishing PERSONA 5?

God damn companies change i mean look at S.E after Ff 13 no one though FF would ever be good again but now look?

But then again that is MY opinion and your free to have yours.

 

[chartube12]

I take it this means...

Long version... the NX really is a wii u with doubled cpu & gpu power crammed into a tablet along side a new 3ds with double power also.

short version... a New Wii-u and a New 3DS+ crammed together in a tablet.

 

[VinsCool]

a New Wii-u and a New 3DS+ crammed together in a tablet.

I fear this, honestly. Something tells me this might happen...

 

[Axido]

For all those... people... who considered the NX doa because of the lack of third-party support:

This console might as well feature an x86 architecture. If that's the case, there'll be no need to make it any stronger than the original PS4 to secure a steady third-party support for the next couple of years.
Do you guys get why this is the case yourselves or do I need to elaborate?

 

[Ray Koopa]

I do remember having read about a high-ranked developer saying that the current Wii U is limiting them in what they want to do just because it's so incredibly powerless. They had to 'squeeze out the darn last bit' out of the console to make the game run enjoyably fluid and with acceptable graphics.

I do think Nintendo heard this too and will make the NX much more powerful than the Wii U - yet far away from PS4 or XBox One. Like something between Wii U and PS4...

 

[dreary79]

Nintendo needs to replace Reggie. I agree with what he said, but it should have never been said. When you're a PR guy you don't candy coat your weakness; you avoid the the questions and not talk about those weaknesses. Sony has converted gamers into the idiots we have on gbatemp. Idiots that don't care about content, but care about resolution instead. I can't wait for the next stupid argument about how a game look 1,000,000 times better on PS4 than the XBone because the res is better. Well guess what, it's still not 1080. Both PS4 and XBone consoles underwhelm. So now we get to spend more money for more res. What a joke.

Nintendo doesn't suck because of lack of res, power or flops. They suck because of lack of content. Most of the content is good, but there isn't enough of it for people to remember they exist. The Wii U should have had a launch Zelda instead of two remakes. Why didn't they have two remakes and a new Zelda in the first two years? Where is the new Metroid Prime games? F-Zero? When are they going to make some 3rd party friends again. Nintendo use to always have 3rd party RPGs. They could bank so easy, but they don't. Maybe they get things straightened out with the NX, but my guess is it might be too late.

 

[WhiteMaze]

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

- George Santayana


"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.."

- Nintendo

 

[Luglige]

I still think the games will be good.

 

[GuyInDogSuit]

Punctuation from outer space aside, people using the sarcastic PS2 comparison should be banned on sight. It's not accurate, it's definitely not funny, and it's been done to death.

Not enough, apparently, because they keep putting out consoles with piss-poor hardware and shit games.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

- George Santayana


"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.."

- Nintendo

My point EXACTLY.

 

[ned]

I for one won't be getting breath of the wild they''ve completely ruined another game with their so called art style,
it's just cell shading with overly excessive bloom ffs, it made wind waker look like a cartoon there was nothing wrong with tp, mm or oot, it ruined skyward sword too it makes my eyes bleed, is the bloom suppose to cater to those with slitty eyes from the sun.

 

[Luckkill4u]

It's obvious Nintendo doesn't get it. Like seriously, they think they can get by with LoZ, Pokemon and their gimmicky controls. Long before E3 I told my friend if Ninty doesn't bring Metroid (My favorite Nintendo IP) back at E3 then Nintendo is pretty much dead to me.

Reasons I play my New 3DS:
-Shin Megami Tensei
-I can play NES, SNES, Gen, and GBA roms
-I can pirate games right from Nintendo's servers
-Homebrew

I just think that Nintendo isn't doing good enough for me to be a fan of their games anymore...

 

[Selim873]

I still want Nintendo to team up with Xbox/Microsoft. Imagine Nintendo IP's with the power of Project Scorpio or Windows 10. Bye bye Playstation

My coworker is saying the same damn thing. I keep telling him it's not going to happen. Lmao

 

[depaul]

Prediction: Nintendo is shooting itself again in the foot.
Reggie: "Nintendo isn't about horsepower it's about the content"
Translation: "Yes the NX will be another weak console with 1st party only games"

This is the wrong attitude to have Nintendo is already too much behind XB1 & PS4, if they want to catch up they have to double their efforts: make a new elegant and powerful console, have 3rd party support, make an interesting launch game (e.g Mario Galaxy 3...) etc.