Nintendo's NX is supposedly a portable console with detachable controllers

You can't deny that phone/tablet gaming is a growing tend eating away their share of the portable gaming market. Being preemptive on this front could save them billions.

 

The 3DS is the fastest selling console in many countries and it outsold the DS in it's first year. It's not really dying. Most of the market for casual games on mobile wouldn't buy a 3DS anyway. It might have killed smaller titles on the system but Nintendo aren't in danger while they still hold Pokemon and their other IPs.

 

Read my words carefully. I've said "threaten" and "preemptive". Never have I said that the 3DS isn't a commercial success.

It'd be irresponsible for Nintendo to simply ignore the mobile market and tell themselves they're safe on the long term.

 

You're assuming those who would exclusively use Android/iOS for gaming are the same people who would buy a dedicated games console, I don't see the evidence for that. It might hurt smaller titles like puzzle games on the 3DS which are more suited to your phone (whip it out while waiting for a bus etc) but have you tried playing like, Final Fantasy or something on a touch screen? I don't think Nintendo have to worry yet, and the slaes reflect that.

Of course they need to evolve in general like anyone else to keep up with the industry, I don't think iOS/Android is the GameBoy/DS killer it's touted to be.

 

You're totally missing my point.
I'd bet they are envisaging the mobile industry threat in their future plans. It'd be bad business not to do so.

 

Yes they are, by releasing mobile games (the first big one being Pokemon Go). That doesn't mean it's going to eat into their handheld market. Their business strategy is clearly to keep the two sectors seperate (which is why PoGo is so different to the mainline series).

 

Pokémon Go isn't really a Nintendo game, they simply own a part of the IP.

My point was simply that the portable/console hybrid could be a way to attract more people to make the jump from mobile to proper handheld by also making it a console, while profiting from their good handheld market to boost their "console" sales.

 

Nintendo financed the game 3 ways with The Pokemon Company (which they also own 33% of) and Creatures, Inc. They own it just as much as anyone.

And I don't know, thus far the two markets seem pretty segmented. Maybe you'll have some crossover but nothing says those people wouldn't of bought a Nintendo console either. It could happen, but we shouldn't assume they're threatened with the way the market currently is. For some genres you just can't compete with physical controls.

 

I'll say this one last time. They are certainly thinking about proofing themselves for the future, including outcomes that are not favorable to them. Not the current situation. It'd be stupid and irresponsible for them not to do so, they'd pull a Sega in twenty years.

 

Yes they are, like I said, by moving into the mobile space - as they've announced themselves! PoGo wont be the end

 

DS was not a good seller in first 2 years.
3DS even got price cut in 6 months due sluggish sales.

 

If this rumor proves to be true, I would not be surprised if this means the end of 3'rd party (big IP) support on Nintendo's 'console'.

 

Pokemon Go has nothing to do with Nintendo. They didn't make it or have anything to do with the development apart from selling the Pokemon license to another company y which basically reskinned one of their older games and made a few adjustments.

 

On paper. They paid for it one third and they own one third of The Pokemon Company.

 

I am also not really into this new system if it is really a tablet style unit. But as it is not supposed to replace the Wii U or the 3DS, I will not complain if it doesn't fit me.

But third party developpers seems to be onboard with Nintendo on this New system :

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/08/...ming-within-six-months-of-nintendo-nx-launch/

I guess, the fact that the system can bring back casual gamers to the video game world is interesting for many of these 3rd party developpers (mostly ubisoft and activision).

We'll see what will happen but I think that, even if hardcore gamers will not find an interesting device in the NX, famillies and casual gamers can be a good market and Nintendo can make good money if the Marketing is done correctly.

And I also think that this is definetly a way to conquer smartdevice market.

 

If NX have at least the power of an Xbox One it can assure part of the 3rd party support, the WiiU like Wii had an dated HW that made ports from HD consoles infeasible for most of the time as it was the only thing that Nintendo could rely on since the casual public moved to the mobiles and tought that WiiU was an Add-on.

 

Is they make a full on Pokemon game for it, I will be buy it ASAP.

 

If they make a full on Pokemon game for it I will not buy it for sure. In fact I doubt I will buy it even if there is no Pokemon on it. I mean, the "promis" of a new Zelda at some point in time and more bloody Mario based games does nothing for me. I only own a Wii because they pretty much give them away and even then I only use it for Game Cube games. Any Wii games I am are all running from USB sticks.

 

I like the idea, what's the point of them churning out a generic low spec plastic PC box like Sony and MS? We already have two identical AMD boxes with pretty much the same games on them.

With bare metal access to the Tegra X1 (or whatever ends up in it) they will have enough to make impressive looking games. Consoles are pretty boring to me these days but at least Nintendo are trying to be different.

 

Oh and they need to do new Metroid game like the Prime series.