Ubisoft CEO says Nintendo's NX is looking 'really great'
From what he's seen and what he knows, Yves Guillemot believes the mysterious NX console will advance the industry and attract casual gamers.
Nintendo distributed development kits for its codenamed "NX" console back in October 2015, and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot thinks it has potential.
During an earnings call regarding the company's fourth-quarter FY 2016 results (via GameSpot), Guillemot gave impressions of Nintendo's forthcoming console ahead of its planned March 2017 launch. "On the NX, what we have seen is really great. We think having a new machine coming is going to help the industry to continue to grow and to take a lot more casual players back to the industry."
Nintendo seems to be casting a wide net with the NX. While it's rumored to be less powerful than PS4's Neo and Xbox One's Scorpio hardware refreshes, other sources indicate some cutting-edge hardware such as speedy and beefy cartridges and a mysterious hardware hook that the company prefers to keep in its back pocket for the time being.
NX will be suitable for more traditional games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, due to launch for the Wii U and NX next March, too.
Nintendo has promised to divulge NX details later this year. We might get insight sooner rather than later: the Big N is scheduled to share earnings from Q4 of its 2016 fiscal year on July 27. The last time Nintendo talked to investors, we learned that it was targeting a Q1 2017 release window for launch.
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replyDavid Craddock posted a new article, Ubisoft CEO says Nintendo's NX is looking 'really great'
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Well, if ubi thinks it's looking great, then it must be doomed.
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F.U.B.
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They need to tie in pokeman go to it somehow and the fucker will fly off the shelves.
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Not by March...
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Didn't they say the same thing about the Wii U and then they suddenly started talking shit about it later?
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'suddenly' = after their Wii U exclusives failed to sell due to the Wii U's inability to gain marketshare
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Suddenly = pulling a highly anticipated title from the launch, only to put it out 6 months after it was on every other console. Cunts.
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because their previous titles on the Wii U didn't do well enough. It was smart business.
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It was a launch title, and they pulled it back to get ports out first. There were no previous sales numbers.
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wii u is great though
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Best system of this generation.
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Ya know, cuz PC master race.
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if i could get anything for it i'd sell my xbone probably and put the return toward my PC. wii U + a midrange PC to me is a great combo.
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"We think having a new machine coming is going to help the industry to continue to grow and to take a lot more casual players back to the industry."
Not exactly a glowing endorsement. He's also not saying that the system itself is anything, just having something "new" it what should help drive sales. That's true, but not in that it would help the company financially; similar to the Wii U I mean. What he didn't say was the hardware itself was exciting. That omission could be telling.
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stopped reading after Ubisoft
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