Nintendo's not direct competitor anymore. People need to accept that already.
Here's some of the quotes from Nintendo's Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto on hardware power and being concerned with what Sony and Microsoft do:
"Only expanding on exiting hardware is dull." - Iwata, March 2015
"What the other companies are doing makes business sense, but it's boring. The same games appear on every system. At Ninten...
I don't think that will be the case. Nintendo said Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei was on track for its development back in June 2014 at E3. The game was prematurely revealed in January 2013 via Nintendo Direct, but we have not yet heard anything about it sense. We may finally hear news of it by E3 in June this year.
Last month, Iwata stated that there are more Wii U and 3DS titles to announce this year, so t we could get some games possibly released later this year, bu...
Double post.
Nintendo said it would be more cautious in the use of its IPs when applied to mobile gaming because it knows that it doesn't want to lose trust of consumers even though it's still going to remain as a platform holder with new dedicated platforms in development. Iwata only mentioned NX because he wanted to make it clear that Nintendo isn't abandoning dedicated hardware, nor will it release console titles to mobile which would devalue Nintendo's IP in its eyes.
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Quite frankly, if you or anyone else expects Nintendo to not differentiate its hardware in the next generation, then you guys are mistaken. There has been absolutely no indication from Nintendo's comments throughout this current generation (from Iwata or Miyamoto) so far, that would imply their desire to revert back to being a direct competitor.
As Iwata and Miyamoto have said countless times, they do not care what Sony and Microsoft do, Nintendo does its own thing. It foll...
Several of the third party IP were not well associated with Nintendo home consoles. For generations, Nintendo home consoles have suffered from demographic issues and third parties have acknowledged this on both GameCube and Wii. Most people just don't buy third party mature games on Nintendo consoles. Would GTA 5, Metal Gear and Final Fantasy come to Wii U ? Nope. Nintendo made it a pretty easy decision for hardcore gamers. Quite frankly, even if all of those games released on Wii U , the...
Nintendo felt the Wii U's price was not the problem. However, retailers did try to offer the console below $300 and $350 and it still didn't sell well during the holiday season in 2013 and 2014. Nintendo didn't want to officially cut the price of Wii U because it would mean they would have to delay profitability off of the hardware, and that was no something Nintendo was willing to do. They needed to stop selling the console at a loss and didn't have enough confidence that a...
-The GamePad-
Like Wii, Wii U focused on changing how we play games as way to differentiate its hardware as part of its strategy (the other part was the blue ocean). The problem is the GamePad was more complex than the Wii remote was, and that did not make it appealing to non-gamers. Non-gamers are intimidated by regular game controllers, and the GamePad was a regular game controller, but with a bulkier shape and a touchscreen in the middle. Hardcore gamers saw the GamePad as...
The reality is this won't happen. Smash Bros, Mario and Mario Kart are bigger IPs than Zelda is and none of those released titles on Wii U have been able to get Wii U sales to where they should have been. Star Fox is cool, but it's a niche IP. Splatoon may sell surprisingly well, but very doubtful it will see as big sales compared to Mario Kart and Smash Bros. In fact, the game will likely more to people who already own a Wii U than those who are waiting for a good reason to buy one. ...
I think the codename of NX stands for Nintendo Cross-compatibility/Cross-over consoles. Basically, a reference to Nintendo's revealed unified architectural strategy. For all we know, the NX codename could be referring to not just the next home console or handheld, but both. They could also share a similar name or logo to communicate their unified relationship.
As far as Wii U's successor goes, I'd imagine it would be marginally more powerful than Wii U. That way,...
Iwata already confirmed in 2013 that Nintendo's next-gen consoles will be a separate handheld and home console. There is no hybrid console. Nintendo also already confirmed that both platforms would use a new unified architectural strategy so that games can be made for both systems and released on them similarly to what Namco Bandai and director Masahiro Sakurai did with Smash Bros 4. This time however, they'll be able to make it significantly easier to share assets from the handheld t...
Nintendo doesn't share the same values and beliefs in game design and hardware that Sony does. Nintendo's a platform holder and it values its position to be able to offer different console experiences and has pride that would prevent it from wanting to be acquired by another platform holder.
Nintendo still makes more money off of its hardware than it does software. Some people seem to forget that despite the mistakes made with Wii U and 3DS. In fact, according to Nint...
- From what we know, Nintendo conceived Wii U back in 2008.
- By April 2009, the hardware team was designing the console's basic structure and settled on using an MCM design and to make the console box sit horizontally. The team ran thorough tests, analyzed defects and provided feedback to the manufacturer
- The first protoype controller for Wii U was basically a Wii motion Plus controller inside a Wii zapper attached with a touchscreen display. 30 piece...
The "Cross" you speak of likely also implies the sibling relationship between next-gen handheld and home console due to Nintendo's initially discussed plans with its unified architectural strategy. Furthermore, both next-gen platforms will likely share the same eShop account (as Wii U and 3DS do now) and perhaps even support for cross-platform titles (Nintendo is experimenting with this like with titles such as the recently released Mario vs. DK: Tipping Stars), but perhaps o...
Yes. The fiscal year ends in March 31st for Nintendo. Iwata provides a financial report and discusses generalized plans for the company's future.
While it is true that Xenoblade X isn't a new franchise, it is a spiritual successor to the original Xenoblade. Monolith Soft is basically treating Xenoblade X as Square Enix generally treats Final Fantasy as a franchise.
... I think you've just missed the point completely.
I appreciate your honesty, but 1080p@60 fps was never going to be a new standard for home console gaming this generation for reasons you've already mentioned. It was pretty obvious before we even it was clarified what the specifications for PS4 and Xbox One were going to be. Home consoles don't have the performance luxury that PC has.
It is rarely wise to buy a new console in the first 6 months to a year because the 1st party games in the past two generations have lacked hardcore-oriented killer-app titles. Platform holders typically get their 1st real big releases in the first year for the upcoming holiday season. New console owners have to endure slow and bare bones operating systems while they gradually receive newly added features, maintenance and stability and firmware updates. This process takes quite some time t...
I do believe one game can indeed make a big difference, but that's not to say it is easy to do.
Pokemon revitalized the Gameboy.Wii Sports sold Wii consoles largely to non-gamers. Halo was a big seller to FPS console fans. Nintendogs helped sell DS systems to non-gamers. New Super Mario and Mario Kart Wii and DS games served as effective bridge titles.
MineCraft is one of the more recent examples of how powerful one game can be and not just one one platfo...