Nintendo's president explained that they are going to continue to support WiiU with software (which they always do after new hardware releases) and in the same breath said they are "of course working on the NX" and working on games for NX. He makes multiple comparisons in the interview between WiiU, Wii and NX; points to how NX is the successor and they are worried about communicating that the NX is new hardware (something they failed to do with WiiU).
"It’s difficult to convince them to switch from their current platform to the next platform."
Of the NX, Kimishima described it as a shift away from Wii and WiiU, "something unique and different. 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."
No more debates about NX not being the next console.
No more debates about NX not being the next console.
Because I don't like to be told what I can and can't do:
I see nothing in the statements made that indicate that it couldn't be a handheld:
"Of course we are working on NX and looking at the experiences we can bring to that platform. But first our job at this point is to support the consumers who have purchased Wii U and make sure that they have software experiences available to them.”
If you are going to retire a console with another, you do not dedicate resources to the old product. If they want their next console to keep selling, then they have to be making games for it, big ones.
“As far as NX goes, I’ve said it’s different and obviously a new experience,”
“If you look back to the beginning of our conversation today, we talked about the transition from Wii hardware to the Wii U hardware and how difficult it is 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.”
Could easily suggest that they are finished with the DS line.
“That being said, I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U. It’s something unique and different. 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.”
No mention of the NX in that statement, all it says is that the next console won't be a Wii branded one
There was no statement at all that said "NX is the next Nintendo console." I'm still 75% confident that the NX is a handheld.
There was no statement at all that said "NX is the next Nintendo console."
Exactly, I am biased towards the thought of the having a new handheld, obviously. The 3DS will turn 5 next year, yes I know nobody wants to admit/accept that, but it will be. Nintendo, can afford to limp along with the Wii U for another year, maybe even two years tops. The 3DS has been there top money maker since about 2013, as westerners most people want to see a new console, solely due to the failure of the Wii U. Nintendo is a Japanese company, handhelds are the king right now, as seen with the absolute monster sales the 3DS has had. So we will see, there is still a debate to be had, and until we see the unit, first hand, instead of patents and hear, first hand, from a moving mouth to relay that info instead of shoddy translations on a page from Japan, we won't know. End of story.
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The 3DS will turn 5 next year, yes I know nobody wants to admit/accept that, but it will be. Nintendo, can afford to limp along with the Wii U for another year, maybe even two years tops.
Exactly. The 3DS is showing its age, with the addition of badges, my 3DS chugs starting up compared to my virgin 3DSXL. Compare that to the Wii U, where the only game to be truly pushing the console's capabilities is Xenoblade Chronicles X, a game that has only just released in the west.
Ugh, how many of these type of threads will continue to pop up? How many threads in which we can speculate on NX exist in this very site?
Whatever floats your boat, people. Whatever flooooats your boat.
No more debates about NX not being the next console.
Because I don't like to be told what I can and can't do:
I see nothing in the statements made that indicate that it couldn't be a handheld:
"Of course we are working on NX and looking at the experiences we can bring to that platform. But first our job at this point is to support the consumers who have purchased Wii U and make sure that they have software experiences available to them.”
If you are going to retire a console with another, you do not dedicate resources to the old product. If they want their next console to keep selling, then they have to be making games for it, big ones.
“As far as NX goes, I’ve said it’s different and obviously a new experience,”
“If you look back to the beginning of our conversation today, we talked about the transition from Wii hardware to the Wii U hardware and how difficult it is 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.”
Could easily suggest that they are finished with the DS line.
“That being said, I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U. It’s something unique and different. 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.”
No mention of the NX in that statement, all it says is that the next console won't be a Wii branded one
There was no statement at all that said "NX is the next Nintendo console." I'm still 75% confident that the NX is a handheld.
You think that him comparing transitioning to the NX to the transition from Wii to Wii U "can easily suggest" its about the ds line.
You cant read between the lines that since everytime nx is mentioned, nintendo references wii u, that obviously it is a home console?
He didn't state the NX would be a home console, just talking about the lessons learned from the Wii U launch. Lessons they should be applying to whatever their next step is.
People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...
I definitely find it telling that the NX is mentioned only when discussing the Wii U, its games, or its fans. Usually the 3DS is never mentioned close to it.
This isn't a direct confirmation, but it definitely leans heavily towards it being a home console, or some form of one.
@LetsGoRetro: Somehow I was expecting to get tagged...
It's funny, because if the NX is a home console (and I remind you, I never said that was impossible, I just don't think that releasing a home console in 2016 is feasible), then why doesn't he just say that. Everything he said regarding NX is vague and doesn't guarantee that it is a successor to the Wii U.
What I want to do, I think our first job right now is to make sure that the customers, those 10 million customers who have a Wii U at home have software to play. And we need to make sure that they are satisfied with their purchase and continue to enjoy playing on this platform. So we can’t just abandon them and say ‘Hey, it’s time to move on to the next thing.’ Of course we are working on NX and looking at the experiences we can bring to that platform. But first our job at this point is to support the consumers who have purchased Wii U and make sure that they have software experiences available to them.
It really depends on how you interpret this quote. He could've meant ''We don't want to abandon the Wii U this soon, so we're still working on Wii U software to support the system, meanwhile we're also working on the 3DS successor, the NX, and we're looking at the experiences we can bring to that platform.
As far as NX goes, I’ve said it’s different and obviously a new experience,” he tells me. “If you look back to the beginning of our conversation today, we talked about the transition from Wii hardware to the Wii U hardware and how difficult it is 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.
I don't think this means anything, he's only using the Wii U as an example to highlight the difficulties of explaining hardware to the consumers. Wii U has only sold a mere 10% of what the Wii has sold, so I think that's the most obvious and recent example to pick if you're talking about marketing strategies regarding new hardware.
Of course, you're going to tell me I'm crazy and then we'll be going down the same spiral as we did in the other thread. But those are my thoughts, nothing confirmed yet that the NX is a home console. If it turns out to be a home console, great, and if it turns out to be a handheld console, that's great as well. Whatever kind of hardware it is, I'm not going to be disappointed.
I definitely find it telling that the NX is mentioned only when discussing the Wii U, its games, or its fans. Usually the 3DS is never mentioned close to it. This isn't a direct confirmation, but it definitely leans heavily towards it being a home console, or some form of one.
It does read that way but we are only reading the responses and not the questions. The interviewer clearly wanted to talk about the Wii U and what its fate was. They also wanted to get responses about the NX and Nintendo's mobile strategy. Not a single thing was said about the 3DS so we can assume the interviewer didn't have anything to ask.
Think of it this way, you're the President of Nintendo. You do an interview where they only want to talk about the Wii U and Mobile before throwing in a question about the NX at the end and how you'll transition from the Wii U. Lets just assume for a second that the NX is a handheld. Do you correct them? Do you make a point of linking the NX to the 3DS? Or do you instead just mess with the media's head and say something like this:
"I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U. It’s something unique and different. 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"
The thread title is an embarrassment, please consider changing it, as it only adds to the pool of misconceptions and reinforces conjecture as supposed fact.
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