Hardware There is a rumor about NX

[Bladexdsl]

it's coming...SOON

 

[osirisjem]

Nintendo’s next home console is currently pencilled in for a release in July 2016, an Asian news report has claimed.

Taiwanese site DigiTimes reckons Foxconn has grabbed the manufacturing rights for the machine, although rival Pegatron is also pitching for some of the work. Furthermore, supply partners have been asked to begin pilot production this October.

Orders are expected to be finalised in February or March of next year with mass production scheduled for May or June ahead of the suggested July release.

There are some inaccuracies in the story which should raise a note of caution, however. It claims that Nintendo has already announced a 2016 release date for NX.

It also states that Nintendo hopes to ship 20m NX consoles in its first year – a staggering number considering PS4 sold 22.3m units in its first 17 months. Wii U has, in contrast, sold just under 10m units in two and a half years.

MCV does understand, though, that the NX WAS demoed to a number of Nintendo's partners at E3 last month.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/report-nintendo-nx-release-planned-for-july-2016/0152073

 

[HaloEffect17]

Hmmm... I'm a Nintendo fan, and while I love new releases of their consoles, I was genuinely hoping for a 2017 release at the earliest. If this is true, the Wii U would only have a life span of four years (if I'm not mistaken), which is incredibly short. I own a Wii U, and while it isn't doing so great in terms of sales, I would feel snubbed if the NX is released next summer and Wii U will become completely obsolete so quickly.

 

[RustInPeace]

Hmmm... I'm a Nintendo fan, and while I love new releases of their consoles, I was genuinely hoping for a 2017 release at the earliest. If this is true, the Wii U would only have a life span of four years (if I'm not mistaken), which is incredibly short. I own a Wii U, and while it isn't doing so great in terms of sales, I would feel snubbed if the NX is released next summer and Wii U will become completely obsolete so quickly.

Same here, and I bought the Wii U in December of last year. It kind of minimizes the accomplishment of working to get all the money for that, Smash Bros 4, the Wii U Pro, the GC Adapter + Controller. All that.

 

[osirisjem]

I was genuinely hoping for a 2017 release at the earliest

Ninty sucks anyway.
If they target Summer 2016 it'll be Summer 2017 when it is ready.

 

[spotanjo3]

I won't buy it right away until I see the 3rd party at first. That's why I didn't buy Wii U at all. Yes, I will get Wii U -- a used one, perhaps, in the near future. Not right now anyway. For NX, I will keep my eyes on it until the 3rd party supporting it then I will be getting it.

 

[Epultia]

So what exactly is the NX? Is it a home console or a hand-held?

 

[osirisjem]

So what exactly is the NX? Is it a home console or a hand-held?

Nintendo won't say.
Whatever they do ... they better attract 3rd party developers.
or else they are going fail miserably.

 

[Friendsxix]

So what exactly is the NX? Is it a home console or a hand-held?

At the very least, it's a replacement for Wii U. At the very most, it's possibly a replacement for both (as hinted by the top answer on that page, with Iwata referring to both the 3DS and Wii U with his answer.).

EDIT: Also, Iwata'a answer to question 5 during this Q&A in March 2014 suggests that Nintendo was at least investigating a unified architecture...

 

[Ulieq]

No way in heck. Maybe the official announcement will be mid 2016, but they always announce 1 year early.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Nintendo won't say.
Whatever they do ... they better attract 3rd party developers.
or else they are going fail miserably.

Didn't they say its both? Console will be released next year and the handheld will be released at a later date.

 

[laudern]

I think I read somewhere that nintendo is doing away with controllers with buttons and analogue sticks and instead will use the Vitality Sensor as its input device.

 

[loco365]

A cheaper console would be a step in the right direction... but stronger than the Wii U but cheaper than a 3DS? I don't think so. :salt:

I can see this, if they outsource their parts and use mass-produced stuff rather than custom chips. I'm starting to get to be interested in NX, I'll have to keep my eyes and ears open on anything about this.

 

[Epultia]

Well either way, I wouldn't be surprised if it came out next year scene the Wii U is pretty much dead.

Now were gonna get Super Smash Bros 6 sooner(:

 

[osirisjem]

If this is true, the Wii U would only have a life span of four years (if I'm not mistaken), which is incredibly short.

The WiiU is a failure. It's a silly-designed (gamepad), underpowered, poorly executed console, with close to zero 3rd party support.
Time to move on.
Five minutes after Nintendo showed what the WiiU was I was convinced it was a bad plan.

No proper Metroid Prime until Nintendo NX.

 

[osirisjem]

http://mynintendonews.com/2015/07/0...-says-it-will-delight-and-surprise-consumers/

Iwata said:

That is why I have been repeatedly saying that the next news on NX will not be announced during 2015 but will be announced in 2016.

I guess that makes 6 months of rumors !

 

[Yil]

I can see this, if they outsource their parts and use mass-produced stuff rather than custom chips. I'm starting to get to be interested in NX, I'll have to keep my eyes and ears open on anything about this.

Something tells me that k12(which mobile gpu is backward compatible with wii u's, but k12 core are pretty expansive, though 3 low-powered can handle things really well) might be the thing, or maybe the next tegra, both support arm v6, so it can run 3ds very well, and both are far more powerful in graphics. According to nintendo's claim, it might be tegra since it is unlikely to support wii u titles.
Power6 soc is both expansive, oversized and over power-consumption, but can run wii u's application.

 

[BORTZ]

Threads merged.

 

[Bladexdsl]

July 2016 LOL no way around xmas 2016 prob

 

[WiiCube_2013]

http://wiiudaily.com/2015/06/reggie-nx-home-console/

"We’ve also said publicly that we are already hard at work on our next home console and that’s another element we’ll be talking about much later."

That doesn't mean they were referring to the NX.