A few things on the new platform:
* Just the codename was announced: NX. No hardware details.
* More details will be unveiled next year, my opinion is that he means the next calendar year of 2016; and my speculation is that it will be in January or February with enough time to have some talk occurring leading up to the end of the upcoming fiscal year.
* This is a dedicated videogaming platform.
* The primary goal of the early announcement was to let people know that Nintendo is underway with the development of new "dedicated videogame devices" as the main reason for the announcement of a new mobile strategy with DeNA.
* The goal of the mobile strategy is an expansion of services and software onto mobile platforms and PC in order to support and compliment their dedicated videogame platforms, as well as reach out to new potential customers for their console market. New marketing strategy? A graphic was shown with an image of a tablet, a mobile phone, a PC, Wii U, 3DS, and then the "Codename NX" text, indicating some sort of between these different devices.
* DeNa will be co-developing a new service that looks to be the next evolution of a combined Club Nintendo and Nintendo Network; and possibly even incorporates the Miiverse. This one will include. This implies that Nintendo is not abandoning touchscreen tech any time soon, since it is likely that is going to be the interface this new service centers on.
* The codename "NX" also implies the name "Nintendo Cross" - which is a strong indication of a cross device focus being the primary focus for the new hardware.
Video of the NX and DeNA announcement:
Additional sources:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... ew-concept
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/17/ni ... enamed-nx/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/0 ... denamed_nx
The implication of the last few points add credibility to the January 2014 rumor of the Nintendo Fusion Terminal & Fusion DS: http://nintendonews.com/2014/01/nintend ... ware-name/
This is the direction I would like to see Nintendo go in, a unified platform which allows for multiple devices to access content. Tiered software is another direction I would like to see Nintendo consider, so for the mobile platform, they would have access only to a casual companion app or portion of the main title. The handheld would have the lower tier version of the software, and the home console the higher tier - which can be accessed by the handheld when in proximity for a higher quality streaming experience in a similar way to how the Gamepad works.
...and yes, I had to update this post multiple times because I posted as the story broke, and more information kept becoming available...
* Just the codename was announced: NX. No hardware details.
* More details will be unveiled next year, my opinion is that he means the next calendar year of 2016; and my speculation is that it will be in January or February with enough time to have some talk occurring leading up to the end of the upcoming fiscal year.
* This is a dedicated videogaming platform.
* The primary goal of the early announcement was to let people know that Nintendo is underway with the development of new "dedicated videogame devices" as the main reason for the announcement of a new mobile strategy with DeNA.
* The goal of the mobile strategy is an expansion of services and software onto mobile platforms and PC in order to support and compliment their dedicated videogame platforms, as well as reach out to new potential customers for their console market. New marketing strategy? A graphic was shown with an image of a tablet, a mobile phone, a PC, Wii U, 3DS, and then the "Codename NX" text, indicating some sort of between these different devices.
* DeNa will be co-developing a new service that looks to be the next evolution of a combined Club Nintendo and Nintendo Network; and possibly even incorporates the Miiverse. This one will include. This implies that Nintendo is not abandoning touchscreen tech any time soon, since it is likely that is going to be the interface this new service centers on.
* The codename "NX" also implies the name "Nintendo Cross" - which is a strong indication of a cross device focus being the primary focus for the new hardware.
Video of the NX and DeNA announcement:
Additional sources:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... ew-concept
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/17/ni ... enamed-nx/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/0 ... denamed_nx
The implication of the last few points add credibility to the January 2014 rumor of the Nintendo Fusion Terminal & Fusion DS: http://nintendonews.com/2014/01/nintend ... ware-name/
This is the direction I would like to see Nintendo go in, a unified platform which allows for multiple devices to access content. Tiered software is another direction I would like to see Nintendo consider, so for the mobile platform, they would have access only to a casual companion app or portion of the main title. The handheld would have the lower tier version of the software, and the home console the higher tier - which can be accessed by the handheld when in proximity for a higher quality streaming experience in a similar way to how the Gamepad works.
...and yes, I had to update this post multiple times because I posted as the story broke, and more information kept becoming available...
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