Nintendo's next-generation game console, the Nintendo NX is scheduled to enter mass production in early 2017, delaying about half a year from the company's original mass production plan in the mid-2016. Sources from the related upstream supply chain pointed out that the delay was because Nintendo wished to enhance the game console's video-game/handheld-game-integrated gaming experience and add virtual reality (VR) function into the system to gain advantages in the upcoming video game and mobile game competitions.
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The sources pointed out that the Nintendo NX combines the video gaming experience with the mobile gaming experience. The device features a 5- to 7-inch display, controller and joystick for users to play as a mobile gaming product, but it is also able to connect to a TV for users to play as a video game system. Nintendo is now planning to add VR function to the device to satisfy the popular trend in the gaming market.
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The sources pointed out that the supply chain received Nintendo's notification to start developing mold for the Nintendo NX in the mid-2015 and was told that the system would enter mass production and launch in the mid-2016. However, Nintendo has recently given them a new mass production schedule and asked them to start mass producing some key components at the end of 2016.
Nintendo's order volume for the game console has also been reduced. Nintendo originally planned to order 20 million units for the first year, but its shipment target is now only 9.5-10 million units. The sources believe the reduction was due to the fact that video game console market has been shrinking and concerns triggered by its Wii U's unsatisfactory shipment performance of two million units in 2015.
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160530PD201.htmlRumour fresco fresco di giornata.
Secondo Digitimes l'avvio della produzione in larga scala di NX è stato rinviato a inizio 2017 perche Nintendo avrebbe deciso all'ultimo minuto di integrare delle funzionalità VR.
Il dispositivo sarebbe una sorta di handheld/ibrido in grado di collegarsi alla TV ed il lotto iniziale (
NdMeStesso si riferisce a precedente rumour, sempre di Digitimes) sarebbe sceso da 20 a 10 milioni di unità per il primo anno.
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Personalissimo parere, perplessità a palla:
- non credo che Nintendo possa voler rischiare di affrontare il mercato con un solo dispositivo
- non credo che Nintendo voglia proporre un ibrido (Iwata l'aveva categoricamente/esplicitamente escluso)
- ma soprattutto, non credo che Nintendo possa voler salire sul carrozzone VR adesso, men che meno con un portatile/ibrido... a meno che non abbiano davvero per le mani qualche tecnologia iper-fanta-megarivoluzionaria
** = ma anche in quel caso, come diavolo si dovrebbero coniugare VR e limitazioni di potenza/d'uso tipiche di un dispositivo di classe portatile?!