Nintendo president Satoru Iwata wants NX to "change each person's video gaming life" as NX is slated for a 2016 release. NX speculations on its difference with other devices, price, and the chance of the release date to be delayed are surfacing on the net. A new Nintendo membership service that will support many platforms such as tablets, PC, smartphones, and Nintendo devices is set for implementation in the fall of this year.
Following its announcement that the Nintendo is developing its next gaming platform, the Nintendo NX, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reportedly said that that they want it to be surprising. Kotaku stated Satoru Iwata's Nikkei interview and in it he said that "we're always thinking about how we want to surprise players as well as our desire to change each person's video gaming life," reports cited by Lazygamer.
Further, Iwata also implied that he sees the need of Nintendo to "start from zero" if they wanted to release a "new game machine".
In addition to this, a new membership service is going to be implemented in view of their partnership deal with DeNA. He said that this new membership will introduce a system in order that Nintendo could invite users who play their game applications on small gadgets to their dedicated game systems. "Something you have done on one device can be utilized on another," he said.
IGN pointed that this new membership service will support many platforms such as tablets, PC, smartphones, Nintendo devices, and the upcoming Nintendo NX. This new membership service is expected to begin in the fall of this year.
A post in TechRadar explored some possibilities about Nintendo NX in terms of how it's going to be different especially in comparison to other devices, the possible price, and the release date.
In the gaming platform industry, Nintendo NX is indeed up to a challenge. Innovations have been done already by companies such as Sony and Microsft. Almost nothing's left. But there are many ideas to come up with in the gaming industry.
TechRadar thinks that one possibility is for Nintendo to create a console-portable hybrid with an Xbox One/PS4-level system that could be taken on the go and be tethered to a TV. This is somewhat an innovation to the Wii U console, which lets gamers play while on the go as long as they are within the console's proximity.
In terms of the price, if the company intends to make a successful launch, Nintendo NX should be the cheapest hardware. It was noted that DS and Wii were able to gain popularity when the two platforms were launched at $150 and $250 respectively.
When talking about releases, Nintendo's track record of releases was mentioned that would give buyers a hint. Wii U was first announced ahead of E3 2011 and launched in 2012, 3DS was first announced early 2010 and came out the next year, DS was announced in 2003 and launched in 2004. Hence, a big chance that the 2016 release of Nintendo NX could not be delayed.
Though Wii was announced at E3 2004 and launched at 2006, it was considered an exception. A very low chance can happen for the NX to be released two years from now since Wii U is reportedly performing poor sales.
For now, what people could do is to wait for announcements from Nintendo about this mysterious gaming platform.
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