Nintendo NX 1. Home console which runs Linux/Android based OS distro 2. 3DS like controller 3. Integrated online shop and online mp, think Steam. Supports discs and downloads. 4. 3ds, NX and mobile, integrated and unified into one ecosystem. Access your vc collection and library on your handheld or NX. 5. There will be amiboos

Pretty sure above proposition is going to be it, or at the least a very big focus of the NX.
Why? Because MS and Valve have already made their move and lines are being drawn in the sand. It's no coincedence the release of the NX falls in a similar time frame.

This year alone, Valve has the Steambox (Linux) initiative come november and MS the Win10 update for xbone. People will become increasingly tied to their console of choice by a store user account and once that process kicks in regaining lost marketshare will be very difficult indeed. Nintendo and Sony will have to make haste because they're lagging behind in this regard.

We already know Sony uses a FreeBSD framework for PS. Nintendo will probably go with a FreeBSD/Linux/Android fork as OS of choice for building the framework of their ecosystem. It's absolutely crucial they have this up and running somewhere next year 'cause Nintendo 've been bleeding marketshare the past few years and they want to hold on to their users. By fusing the handheld market and NX in 1 ecosystem they're effectively pooling their userbase making the NX more viable and attractive to devs. MS is doing a similar trick by fusing Windows and xBone.

The race is on.

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They should but they'll probably stick to a hybrid dl/retail model in order to reach out to new users.

True dat.
Capsule amibos anyone?

Or do what they did last time and let you add your own cheap storage very easily.

Nintendo is not a "kids only" brand.
If anything they've always presented themselves as a family brand.
Think Fami-com. Or Wii.

So, no way they'll pidgeon hole themselves into a 5-14 category even if they do target them alot.
The scenario I presented before is their most likely and most viable strategy. Simple deduction really.

That's a problem for their marketing department.
I still think Ninty will refuse to pidgeon hole themselves, stubborn as they are.

You do have a point though.
By targeting a younger demographic, Nintendo can tie them to their brand from a younger age especially with an account.
Think McDonald's. Get them hooked when their young and when they're adults they'll keep coming back with their families. Tried and tested formula.

More interesting tidbits.
Traditionally Nintendo uses PowerPC CPU's in their home consoles.
Which would restrict the choice of OS for the base station to either FreeBSD or Linux.
Should they choose to abandon PowerPC for Intel x86/64, Android opens up as a 3rd possibility.

hunk wrote:

More interesting tidbits. Traditionally Nintendo uses PowerPC CPU's in their home consoles. Which would restrict the choice of OS for the base station to either FreeBSD or Linux. Should they choose to abandon PowerPC for Intel x86/64, Android opens up as a 3rd possibility.

PowerPc is toast i think.

Yeah. I think even IBM have sold that bit of their business off.

If it wasn't for seeing their ads on dedicated business news channels, I wouldn't have seen anything from IBM for ages. They're probably just charging 12 clients a billion dollars each to have above average video conferencing.

Going to Kyoto guys should I just ask Iwata

Watch out for the yakuza blacksuits!

I doubt Nintendo would even think about DL only. They don't suffer from the second hand market as much as their competitors and they'll definitely need retail on side to launch a Wii U successor.

I_R wrote:

I doubt Nintendo would even think about DL only. They don't suffer from the second hand market as much as their competitors and they'll definitely need retail on side to launch a Wii U successor.

Dl only gives max control and saves some costs.

Also, all their games are gonna be ftp.