Will NX Turn Things Around For Nintendo?

Nintendo's hasn't had a winner since the Wii.

[PhoenixUp]

I don't think so. PS4 and XO are too established for NX to become a major competitor at this point.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Doesn't matter how established the other two are: there are plenty of open-minded gamers out there willing to pick up an NX, if Nintendo hits the right notes.

[FloydianAndroid]

I would love for Nintendo to make a glorious come back but it's not happening. They haven't learned from their mistakes and I don't think the powers that be even care to really compete. All they had to do was make a console that was competitive graphically and power wise and it would have been a home run. I'm a Microsoft guy and there Sony guys, but most gamers admit that nintendos first party games are amazing. All they had to do was make a powerful console with their great game library. They could do so many things that would work. Remake/reboot old franchises for example. Fact is they are trying to innovate again with out a finger on the pulse of what their fans want.

[Nu]

Many Nintendo fans are waking up from the nostalgiaic brainwashing...

[BullyMangler]

saLes ?.. . lol

So, then, compared to your favorite artist, justin Bieber is The "winner"?

Because of his greater sales ?

[PhoenixUp]

@ wonder

Yes it does matter. You going to tell me that PS2 heavily establishing itself in its year headstart didn't have any impact on gamers for the rest of the 6th gen?

@ bully

It's a lot more than just sales, but if you're so simple minded to think that's the case then continue to do so.

I'm talking about games available, upcoming games, hardware features, online network, etc. There's a lot that PS4 and XO have going for them that make it impossible for NX to be perceived as a legitimate threat to them.

[BullyMangler]

Sony will keep looking up to, competing with, and imitating Nintendo .. .

wheres the threat in thattt .. .

khh (:

[PhoenixUp]

Your statement makes no sense. Sony has consistently shown their business model is much more successful than Nintendo's

[PhoenixUp]

@ rico

I don't think you know this but exclusives don't always guarantee a lot of success. GameCube had way more exclusives than Xbox yet it still sold less in the end. Wii U has plenty of exclusives and it still isn't going to sell pass 20 million.

All this just proves that multiplats sell consoles just as much as exclusives do. If Nintendo's exclusives couldn't help them much then in terms of hardware sold, what makes you think that it'll be different now?

[MoveTheGlow]

I think Nintendo needs to dodge the current PS4\Xone battle in order to succeed. If all those rumors prove true, they already did - neither Sony nor Microsoft have a viable handheld at the moment (no, don't say 'Vita,' you're about three years too late for that), and this one would scale up to 1080 on a TV.

The attachable controller idea would make the device simple enough for little kids and little kid games with a much better curated mobile game store than on iOS (which is in the worst state it's ever been), while still allowing for great core titles with a much better setup than their previous portables (ahem, Monster Hunter, Kid Icarus, etc.).

If they can put together an affordable subscription service for classic games or make the Virtual Console prices actually fair, they'd hit the nail on the head, grabbing adults who haven't played games in years along with the kiddos who would usually be on a phone or tablet. WiiU backwards compatibility exclusively on a TV would mean a huge group of gamers could finally play those games without the indignity of owning a WiiU, lol.

Hopefully, they're targeting a different type of market while keeping their core in mind. They don't have to beat Sony or Microsoft, they could easily co-exist with a banger of a system.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Great read, well said.

Agreed

[_-EDMIX-_]

I mean, not if it's a handheld

[PhoenixUp]

@ Move & Edmix

Nintendo's own official site states that NX is their next home gaming system.

http://www.nintendo.com

In this gaming industry they have to compete. There's no longer a blue ocean strategy they can take with consoles now.

[ShadowKnight]

I hope so. Day one for me regardless because of its first party titles.

[pandadams]

IF NX allows 3rd party developers = win win win!

[Kosic]

It's all about cost on release. If low it'll do well if mid to high it'll have a slow start.

[XXanderXX]

Here's to hoping it does more than just turn Nintendo around & puts them back on top of the industry again where thy belong .( believe we have a Nintendo hater in the vincenty )

[Dan_scruggs]

Oh man am I looking forward to 10,000 more of these articles.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I couldn't care less about how much the NX sales. I'm going to buy it day one regardless of other people's opinion. Sales only matter to me when when it force's competitors to try harder to earn my money.

[TheUndertaker85]

So Nintendo doesn't have to try at all in your book but competitors being able to boast an already existing and growing library, much better online interactions they've spent more time working on, both having decent size install bases allowing more competition online along with more friends already on the platforms, and boasting increases to their already existing machines has to go out of their way?

Fine logic indeed. Nintendo hasn't released any specifics for the NX and it's an instant sell even though everything points toward NX being another gimmicky console where "Nintendo knows best".

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Wtf are you rambling on and on about? Idgf about sales and I made that clear. So as long as me and my kids like the NX then it will be successful in my home. Gtfo with your fanboy crap bringing up Sony and ms

[TheUndertaker85]

What that "rambling" was about involved nothing to do with sales. Plus you actually bring up the competition.

"Sales only matter to me when when it force's competitors to try harder to earn my money."

I'd also note that you actually state you care about sales only when it's convenient.

Golf claps for the great individuals who can't even stick to an argument or statement. Golf claps all around I say!
(There's some rambling for you) ☺

[gbsrnctaln]

If...IF it is an underpowered handheld that outs to your tv, I hope it is a MASSIVE FAILURE that will finally open their eyes and make them come crawlibg back to their longtime core fanbase that made them great in the first placecwith their tail between their legs.

If it is on par with current gen systems and does not revolve around a gimmick, I hope it is a huge success.

[MrMagz]

Do people just forget that Nintendo has handhelds, along with other avenues for revenue, too? Saying that Nintendo hasn't had a winner since the Wii simply isn't true, and also is a logical fallacy if only looking at consoles. The 3DS easy outsold the PSVita and has made Nintendo a butt load of money off of both software and hardware. Amiibo, like them or not, is still making them a bunch of money, along with the money they are still getting from Pokemon Go (though that is lessening every day). Even if you forget about handhelds, there has only been 1 console since the Wii, so saying they haven't had a winner since then isn't exactly a reasonable argument. If they went 2 or 3 generations selling consoles at a loss, which btw the Wii U technically made Nintendo money in the end, then I would agree that this argument is sound.

[AndreR]

i want a new mario 64 game. NOTHING can beat that feeling when it first came out. BUT i really like how the new zelda game is coming together. it looks really good, and different from the older zelda games. more open world. Hope they make a whole mushroom kingdom open world that you can explore. i hought i read somewhere that the next zelda game has he same engine that the new mario game that will come out?

[ziggurcat]

depends on what the NX actually is...

[Servbot41]

Nah. They keep crapping on their fans at every turn and they burned the hardcore fanbase that bought the Wii U midway through the generation.

[Hoffmann]

No.

[Nu]

Nintendone, sorry but it's true

[hiawa23]

I say no. I hope it does better than the Wiiu, but I am not expecting anything past that.

[maxleresistant]

I'm going to go with, probably not.
Because I don't expect Nintendo to change and I don't expect casuals to play less on smartphones in favor of playing more on the NX.

I think that whatever the NX is or are, the lifetime sales will be less than the 3DS/WiiU's combined.

You can quote me on this