Do you think Nintendo NX will be successful?

[Einhander]

It's coming out mid-gen. The way some people see it is that if done right NX has a very good opportunity but if it doesn't do well, it could be Nintendo's last console. The president clearly stated that it would be very different from the Wii and the Wii U. I would like to see it do well tbh. Nintendo has lost its edge for a while. We'll see how well the hybrid handheld console does.

[haljalikakick64]

I think that if it wants to succeed it  needs to recuperate in several areas.

1. Meet the hardware capabilities of the Xbox One and PS4
This one should really have been a given, but knowing Nintendo it is still worth restating. If support from third-party companies is ever to return, we need to see the hardware that can match up to the competition.

2. Begin making bonds with third-parties
No matter how you want to look at it, there is no way that third-parties will just come running back to Nintendo. They have been shunned for four generations and a phone call isn't going to change anything. They need to begin getting a more core audience back onto their platforms. It's not about not being the 'kid system', its about being a machine that everyone wants.

3. True handheld-console hybrid or another killer feature
Imagine playing a copy of the new Pokemon game while you are out on your normal day and coming home. Instead of just sitting down on your bed or in a chair to continue playing, you push a button and the game is up on the TV. This is how I see the NX taking the hybrid concept. Taking Off-TV play from the Wii U to a whole new level. Taking console games on the go and displaying portable ones on the big screen. This would be a system seller for me and many others (pending #4)

4. A strong system launch
When the 3DS came out in 2011, the only games worth buying were a port of Street Fighter, a single-player PilotWings game, and a bare-bones Steel Diver. When the Wii U launched, all that was available was the next installment in the New Super Mario Bros. series and a disappointing Nintendo Land. Nintendo cannot start system launches with weak games. If the system doesn't launch with at least 2-3 core titles then the system may as well be in the trash.

[cynicalmatt]

It will not be Nintendo's last console.  Stop perpetuating this ridiculous rumor.

Nintendo is FLUSH with liquid assets.  Last year they had $10.5 billion banked up.  The original Wii was one of the only consoles to actually make money on hardware at launch, the DS line is still extremely popular, and things like Amiibos have actually returned them to profitability.  Sony has sold lots of PS4s, and made nothing on those hardware sales.  Like Microsoft, their money comes mainly from software sales.

Nintendo is not going anywhere. 

[wiggy]

^^^ This.

Anyone who makes claim that Nintendo is somehow struggling is not paying much attention to the numbers.  They're FAR more profitable than either Sony or Microsoft's game divisions. Those two are only able to carry on with console gaming because they have other, profitable products/services. If they were games only, such as Nintendo is, then they would be long-since bankrupt.

Just because you don't particularly like what Nintendo is doing, doesn't mean that they've fallen off the wagon, but rather adjusting to the market AND tapping into markets that they hadn't invested in before (I.e. Amiibos)


Also, it's really rare that a console launches with more than a couple of worthwhile titles. The SNES launched with about 5 games, and while they were almost all worth owning (minus Bill Lambeer), it didn't have the sort of launch that the DC did, and look how well that went. Point is, launch titles don't matter whatsoever. You need just one decent game that appeals to as broad an audience as possible in order to move that first wave of consoles. Nintendo gamers know that they'll eventually get Zelda, Mario, DK, Mario Kart, etc. down the line. That's why people buy Nintendo consoles anyway, not for third party support. If I want to play Call of Dookie, then I'll buy and X-Station or whatever other me-too machine is popular at the moment.

[sheep2001]

I think a launch of what might be a console/handheld hybrid this year is way too soon.

It's alienating 2 groups of gamers, who only just bought into the last generation. Too many brands to run with, considering ds and wii is still live, along with 3ds and wiiu, nx makes 5.

The wiiu is a great piece of kit, and should be exploited to the fullest before a new system is released.  Of course bearing in mind what scant details we have of the nx, it could just be an add on for the u 0r the pc.

[amiga1200]

I think a launch of what might be a console/handheld hybrid this year is way too soon.
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  no comment on that piece.
i for one DO want a dual machine, the concept is as old as jack the ripper, nothing new.
the wiiu is a nds on the big, why no card socket for retail cartridges is beyond me?!
still, no rush for this next one in the line, curious to see how it pans out. 
(backwards compatibility is always an issue, and unless addressed as usual for the most part, i'll take a back seat. good luck new customers, demand what you pay for, and DON'T bitch at the old cunts that adapted, and had no stake in it.  )

[wiggy]

I'm willing to bet that it isn't at all what anyone thinks it will be.  Most everyone seems to think that it's just the next gen. You guys seriously think Nintendo is as short-sighted as the other guys?


The word "hybrid" seems to be key. My guess?  Hybrid console-iOS/Android device. While Sony and Microsoft sit around with their heads up their asses, concerning themselves with how many useless non-gaming features they can shove into their next giant, oblique-esque box, Nintendo is likely thinking about current and future state of gaming. That most assuredly includes cellphone gaming, and they'd be really smart to capitalize on that by implementing some proprietary hardware, versus simply producing games for iOS/Droid.  Not to mention that this would most certainly NOT replace or interfere with their current hardware lineup, which is something they've been insisting upon.

[Arseen]

I'm hoping for powerful true gaming console with no idiotic gimmick that is forced on in every game whether they need it or not, even if playing said games with normal pad (Pro Controller) would be better.

Bring back NES/SNES/N64/NGC but with great power.

And I hope hybrid does not mean that they scale down the power of the console so it will run on portable device as well.

[sheep2001]

I think a launch of what might be a console/handheld hybrid this year is way too soon.
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  no comment on that piece.

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oh wait, I did comment.

[Arseen]

Oh and the pad should have power switch.
It's so annoying when I want to play Yoshi with Pro Controller and pad automatically turns on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[palmer6strings]

Id prolly buy a Nintendo phone. Lol 

[TDIRunner]

I'm at the point where I'm just tired of guessing what it's going to be.  I'm just going to wait and see what it actually is. 

I don't own any current gen systems (unless you count PS TV).  I've been saying for a while now that the Wii U is the only current gen system that I'm interested in.  Well I'm finally to the point where I'm ready to by a PS4.  There are enough games on the system to get my interest.  The latest price drop also caught my eye.  Since there is no sign of Nintendo making a matching price drop, there is a good chance that the PS4 will be my first current gen purchase.  At this point, I might as well wait and make sure that the NX isn't backwards compatible with the Wii U, because if it is, there is no reason for me to get the Wii U anyway.

[SegaNomadman]

Judging by the patents that Nintendo has made recently it looks interesting. I'm excited to see what Nintendo has in store and knowing the big-N it will be something with some sort of innovation. The clickable scroll wheels for shoulder buttons seem cool.

[Blumpkin]

INDUSTRY LEADING CHIPS

[Arseen]

Judging by the patents that Nintendo has made recently it looks interesting. I'm excited to see what Nintendo has in store and knowing the big-N it will be something with some sort of innovation. The clickable scroll wheels for shoulder buttons seem cool.

That is actually very interesting concept.