"Cartridges" are back! -- the Next Nintendo system

[Homerboy]

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-nintendo-console-sounds-absurd-1784319296

Tom Phillips at Eurogamer reports that the new console will be a tablet with controllers on either side that can be detached from proper Wiimote-style gesturing. The tablet could also connect to a TV for more traditional console gaming. Eurogamer also says that the device will run on an Nvidia Tegra chip and will use cartridges like that yellowed SNES game at the bottom of your closet.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Well they lost me at tablet.

Nintendo just does not understand console gaming today. Even if it comes with Zelda and a new Metroid Prime I would refuse to buy it. Sorry Nintendo, you suck.

 

[Chaotic42]

I feel like Nintendo hates me. Put out a small console with all of your standard games or just release them on other platforms.

 

[Sonikku]

Good god Nintendo.

 

[Anubis]

i don't have an issue with carts

assuming the are just flash memory it would eliminate the loading times even modern consoles have

the rest is crap

 

[nurturedhate]

Oh my lord. they are actually trying to die. Let's take the one thing most disliked about the Wii U, the gamepad (even if I do think it has uses), and double down on the stupid.

 

[Sulaco]

I for one can't wait to see what gimmicky crap they come up with next!:thumbsup:

 

[linthat22]

+1 for the Tegra chip use lololol

 

[HOOfan 1]

I wonder how well the nvidia shield tablet sold. I wonder if Nintendo even looked into the Shield tablet.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's almost like they make these decisions in a vacuum with no consideration for what's going on in the world.

 

[Drako]

There is no way this is real.

 

[KentState]

I was shocked that they are talking about a year old SoC for an upcoming platform. Makes sense if this is going to be a portable platform, but offers no hope of a true home console that will remain powerful enough for 4-5 years. MS and Sony are already looking to roll out new models to support 4k and Nintendo is barely catching up.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Ever since the N64, Nintendo has been playing catch-up with the competition. After reading about this, I'm not convinced they are intentionally trying to go out of business so they can make a killing by selling off their IPs to other companies; because let's face it - it doesn't even look like they are trying to compete anymore.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I am excited. I couldn't justify a Wii U, and I could barely justify a 3DS (I hate the 3D gimmick so without LTTP 2 I wouldn't have touched it). I can for sure justify a single device that does both.

Looking forward to being a Nintendo customer again.

 

[renz20003]

By using Nvidia tech they might start using a smartphone like release schedule.

Every 12-18 months could be a new hardware revision while retaining backwards compatibility with the Tegra

Nintendo has done it with all their other portables anyway.

The downfall like always will be 3rd party support. The vita proved that developers don't want to invest in a AAA game for a handheld.

 

[zerocool84]

I am excited. I couldn't justify a Wii U, and I could barely justify a 3DS (I hate the 3D gimmick so without LTTP 2 I wouldn't have touched it). I can for sure justify a single device that does both.

Looking forward to being a Nintendo customer again.

I just can't get excited yet. I love my 3DS, there's so many good games on it but I just don't know yet about this NX. So much of it doesn't make total sense yet.

 

[Trente]

If Sony and MS are losing money on their consoles, it could very well be that Nintendo cannot or is not willing to take a financial risk such as that - provided that selling titles for the console is supposed to make up for expected loses as well as adding a margin over that.

We already have two boxes that are alike, in their conceptual as well as technical aspects, down to the very architecture used! All-in-all, Nintendo's doing what it believes it does best, considering current market constraints and demands that are dramatically different than during the 1990s (i.e., PCs being cheaper than ever require consoles makers that want to be on the cutting edge technologically-wise to price their products competitively, up to a point of losing money on each hardware sale).

 

[cmdrdredd]

If Sony and MS are losing money on their consoles, it could very well be that Nintendo cannot or is not willing to take a financial risk such as that - provided that selling titles for the console is supposed to make up for expected loses as well as adding a margin over that.

We already have two boxes that are alike, in their conceptual as well as technical aspects, down to the very architecture used! All-in-all, Nintendo's doing what it believes it does best, considering current market constraints and demands that are dramatically different than during the 1990s (i.e., PCs being cheaper than ever require consoles makers that want to be on the cutting edge technologically-wise to price their products competitively, up to a point of losing money on each hardware sale).

Sony has been turning a profit on each unit sold for a long time. I believe they were making a profit from hardware less than 6 months after launch.

 

[Trente]

Yes, but Sony's deep pockets allow itself to lose money for the sake of the "unknown future" and take a hit if need be. Nintendo's pockets, though relatively deep, might just not be deep enough for such a gamble (Sony has other departments and business fronts to rely on in case of a failure. Not sure if Nintendo can allow itself even one failure in such magnitude).

 

[cmdrdredd]

What? No, no. You have it backwards. Nintendo has tons of cash. Sony didn't. Sony was/is hurting but is making a rebound now I think. Anyway, Nintendo can afford it. They just choose not to compete.

 

[pathos]

What? No, no. You have it backwards. Nintendo has tons of cash. Sony didn't. Sony was/is hurting but is making a rebound now I think. Anyway, Nintendo can afford it. They just choose not to compete.

Pretty much this. If I understand it correctly, Sony's game/ps4 division is actually in good shape. It's the rest of the company that's dragging it down.

Nintendo still has alot of money left over from their Wii cash cow, even if the U hasn't been...all that much of a success.

That's just my understanding of it though

 

[purbeast0]

i'm not sure if you all hard heard, but there is this new game out called "pokemon go" that is made by nintendo and is worth billions.

nintendo is doing just fine.

 

[HOOfan 1]

i'm not sure if you all hard heard, but there is this new game out called "pokemon go" that is made by nintendo and is worth billions.

nintendo is doing just fine.

It wasn't made by Nintendo...it wasn't even published by Nintendo

It is made and published by Niantec

 

[purbeast0]

It wasn't made by Nintendo...it wasn't even published by Nintendo

It is made and published by Niantec

lol shows how little i know about pokemon go! i just assumed since they made pokemon.

carry on.

 

[sweenish]

It wasn't made by Nintendo...it wasn't even published by Nintendo

It is made and published by Niantec

Let's not pretend Nintendo isn't getting a cut. They're still making a lot of money off of Pokemon Go.

And I enjoy all the people making concrete decisions on a rumors. I remember when the prank render got posted, same thing.

I'm waiting until an announce. And if it has Pikmin, I'll buy it. I play games. Some games require a certain system. End of story.