Nintendo NX Console Handheld Hybrid Would Be A Really Interesting Proposition, Says RIME Developer

The historic trouble that Nintendo have had with their systems has been third party support- for some reason or the other, Nintendo have had trouble attracting, and then retaining, as much third party support for their systems as their competition.

[Yetter]

If the NX is what I think it is, I'm pretty sure I want one

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

[Ristul]

Can't wait for the reveal, I want to know if I'm to be excited or not!

[Manashake]

What about an hd 3ds and nx console separately? 🎁

[Fritzwochel]

Another dev who talks about how the NX might be interesting... These articles just don't do it for me anymore.

[rjason12]

Yeah they all talk about how good/cool/interested they are in it knowing full well they likely won't make nothing for it.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

The words "won't make nothing" are a double-negative.XD

Anyways, I get what you are saying, though, and if it's really a hybrid, that will mean it can get all the handheld games, too.
And everyone knows that the DS and 3DS had a TON of third party support and games, which means the NX very likely will, as well.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

The historic trouble that Nintendo have had with their systems has been third party support--
Correction.
Home Console.

Handhelds have the third support.

[rjason12]

They do but not even all the big companies even though every gen they demolish the competition handheld wise. One big example is Ubisoft.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

So first Take-Two, then Ubisoft, now the devs of RIME.
I'm sure I've missed one or two, but there seems to be growing positive sentiment for the NX.
That makes me happy, after the huge wave of ludicrous negativity some people have been propagating towards Nintendo lately.
A home console that does handheld games better than current handhelds, which is what recent rumors suggest it is, would be amazing to me, but I'm withholding full judgement until it's actually announced.

[rjason12]

As much as I would love to get third-party support on NX (as I'm one of the few Wii U buyers who has 10+ retail games on the system. I still don't believe it's gonna get all the big games, but I guess we'll find out soon.

[WiiU-Dude]

Here's the thing that should make developers interested. Nintendo's strong suit has always been handhelds. The Vita was a gorgeous handheld, but failed sales wise. Yes both are somewhat failures if you compare them to last gen DS and PSP because of tablets and smartphones, but the NX offers something incredibly tantalizing for 3rd parties AAA and Nintendo as the hybrid.
Let's look at 3DS, it had a fair share of 3rd party support, but usually light fare that was usually kid friendly. 3DS did not see GTA V, COD, Madden, etc. The Vita was supposed to get those. It got a round of some of those, but they were not the same as the console versions. In walks the NX! I think it's going to be something special because Nintendo can say to devs, 'You can take the VERY game you made for XB1/PS4 and put it on NX and it is instantly on a handheld AND our console. No longer will devs have to allocate expensive resources to make a 'portable version'. It's the same for Nintendo's console as the handheld.
I think the docking base is going to offer extra juice to make it very much on par with XB1/PS4. Then when undocked used as a portable, the game will scale down, but the hardware will do it and the gamer won't notice because the tighter screen allows for lower resolution, but still look basically the same.
This is a huge win for devs. It achieves what Sony promised with Vita and sorta failed everyone (I love my Vita though), AND Nintendo will have the big triple A titles!! I'm excited! I'm almost 100% confident of my assessment, it will come down to how close the power on the docked system to XB1/PS4 it will get.