Nintendo reiterates NX console will not expand on existing hardware
Speaking in an interview with Time, Kimishima said NX is “the next step in our dedicated device strategy,” and remains a “primary focus of our business.”
“As far as NX goes, it’s different and obviously a new experience,” he said. “The transition from Wii hardware to the Wii U hardware was difficult to explain to the consumer base what is different and new about the new hardware. It’s difficult to convince them to switch from their current platform to the next platform.
“It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base.”
Even with a new console on the horizon, the company doesn’t have plans to discontinue supporting Wii U.
Kimishima said Nintendo will continue to support game development on Wii U, as you can’t force customers to “move on to the next thing.”
“Our job at this point is to support the consumers who have purchase Wii U and make sure that they have software experiences available to them,” he said.
Kimishima’s comments on NX mirror those of former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata who assured the public and investors alike the next console would be different from Wii or Wii U.
Back in October, a report stated that Nintendo was handing out Nintendo NX dev kits to third-party developers, and that the console would be powered by an AMD processor.
It has also been suggested the console wouldn’t contain a disc drive, instead supporting a cloud environment due to a patent which popped up earlier this year.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/12/03/nintendo-nx-hardware-kimishima/
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JastyPosted:
I'm excited too see what Nintendo will do. The Wii-U was I don't even know enjoyable but not what I was expecting, hopefully Zelda for the wii-u is still a thing. Hopefully they release more on this also.
Joyful-Posted:
It's pretty cool Nintendo is putting out a new console to be honest. Hopefully it's actually good though :P
DanielPosted:
Robbed Will it compete with PS4/XB1? I don't think so.
I think it might compete with those because knowing Nintendo they will have some better features than Xbox 1 and ps4.
-CorgiPosted:
StonerzardRobbed Will it compete with PS4/XB1? I don't think so.
Why not? Nintendo have been at the pinnacle of gaming for a long time now, they're getting a head start on the NEXT generation of consoles. They've realised gamers want better graphics, better games and no more motion controls so they're changing that all up.
They aren't getting a head start. They're just finally catching up. Sure they make a couple fun games, but it doesn't mean that they can compete with X1/PS4
StonerzardPosted:
Robbed Will it compete with PS4/XB1? I don't think so.
Why not? Nintendo have been at the pinnacle of gaming for a long time now, they're getting a head start on the NEXT generation of consoles. They've realised gamers want better graphics, better games and no more motion controls so they're changing that all up.
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