Nintendo is trying to figure out mobile gaming with a case
Nintendo may soon be making game controllers for ‘smart devices’ including smartphones, tablets, and set-top TV boxes as the company which was criticised for missing the boat on the public’s shift from console gaming to casual games played on smartphones. It seems that they are trying to launch another zeny portable console which the company has referred to as the “Nintendo NX”. It is apparently going to be a handheld console with detachable controllers, that can also be plugged into a television.
The NX will have its own screen and will act like a regular portable console when its being used on the move, rather like Nintendo’s past handheld devices such as Nintendo DS and the Game boy. Also, NX will be using an Nvidia Tegra processor- a powerful gaming chip which is found on every tablet, Chromebook laptops and Nvidia’s own mobile gaming system. The NX will now use cartridges rather than using optical disks with far more storage capacity as home consoles tend to use. The cartridges will likely only contain 32GB of storage. Many conflicting reports are there, Eurogamer notes, about whether Nintendo will be creating a new operating system for NX, or using an existing mobile system, like Google’s Android.
On the other hand, There are millions who purchase Nintendo products out of nostalgia for the videogame characters which they remember from their youth, Nintendo's target audience has always skewed younger than its main rivals, like Microsoft and Sony. Many children don't have their own cellphones, but do have their own Nintendo 3DS or tablet, so the NX could well be the logical successor to those devices. Children can get plugged into the Nintendo universe wherever they are, on one device.
The NX could face its own hardships when it's releasing in March, according to Miyamoto with executives at the company facing the same concerns with the new console that they had with the Wii U when it first launched. Still, Nintendo is expecting to generate ¥500 billion for this fiscal year.
Via: | Quartz |
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Source: | Eurogamer |
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Image Credit: | YouTube thumbnail |
