More Rumours.
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/r...-spills-beans-on-launch-advertising-price-and
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/56jomc/leak_goodies_from_a_large_retail_partner/
Marketing
Marketing - I this is mostly decent. The "on the go" doesn't sit well with me. That doesn't say the NX is primarily portable. It only says to me that porable is a thing but it could be a minor thing. I really hope this marketing line is changed before launch. Past that it looks all ok. The price is also good. Around the price of the WiiU at launch. Considering Nintendo said they would not sell the NX at a loss this is good. A lot cheaper than the PS4 and XB1 at their launches. It has to be. This does mean around $350 (I hope) in Australia and that's not too bad.
Bundle - We don't know if this is hardware + game or just more hardware added in. Having this as hardware plus game makes sense but I can't see NoA charging $100 for the game in the bundle. NoA always give the US great game prices. So I think it's either additional hardware or more SSD space (like the WiiU). I just hope there is way more than 32GB. That's just not enough these days.
Packaging - I think the white and blue is just placeholder packaging. I don't think Nintendo would want to use the same blue and white of the WiiU game boxes for the NX box. A total shift so people can easily notice the difference would be the way to go. Also I do think that NX is just the project code name and the actual console name has not been released. Most of Nintendo's recent consoles have had different project code names.
Features and specs - For anything portable, carts is a must as optical media does not travel well. This makes sence in so many ways that I would be utterly shocked to see anything but carts on the NX. THink 3DS like carts, not N64/SNES like ones. I think 4K is a lie, just like most manufactures out there. It's really just UHD. I do think it might be able to stream UHD. Doesn't mean much as the games will play in 1080p. If the portable part is 900p that will be ok. 900p seems like a weird number to choose but that would be fine be me if the frame rate is constant.
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/r...-spills-beans-on-launch-advertising-price-and
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/56jomc/leak_goodies_from_a_large_retail_partner/
Marketing
- "Interact with your game on the go." phrase seen on a poster.
- Strong co-branding effort with a Mario launch title on many posters.
- Console is currently set to launch with least 4 titles on deck.
- Stores should be receiving demo units around February.
- Base price point seems to be sitting at $299.99
- The NX is currently set to have a bundle option.
- The contents of this bundle is currently unknown.
- Bundle price is currently sitting at $399.99
- The packaging for the NX will be slightly larger than the Wii U's packaging.
- The packaging is relatively clean and simple and is similar to the Wii U in terms of package design.
- The color scheme for the packaging is white and blue (compared to the Wii U's blue and black).
- The packaging still says "NX" however there is still no indication if this is a placeholder or the final name.
- The areas of the packaging that would usually depict the hardware were blurred and redacted by Nintendo in attempt to keep it hidden.
- Games will be on cartridges
- 4k streaming has been mentioned. - What this likely means is playback of content such as Netflix, etc. Not gameplay.
- 1080p and 60fps are being used by the marketing teams in relation to gameplay on to the console portion. I've heard unconfirmed rumblings of 900p for the infamous hybrid part of the device.
Marketing - I this is mostly decent. The "on the go" doesn't sit well with me. That doesn't say the NX is primarily portable. It only says to me that porable is a thing but it could be a minor thing. I really hope this marketing line is changed before launch. Past that it looks all ok. The price is also good. Around the price of the WiiU at launch. Considering Nintendo said they would not sell the NX at a loss this is good. A lot cheaper than the PS4 and XB1 at their launches. It has to be. This does mean around $350 (I hope) in Australia and that's not too bad.
Bundle - We don't know if this is hardware + game or just more hardware added in. Having this as hardware plus game makes sense but I can't see NoA charging $100 for the game in the bundle. NoA always give the US great game prices. So I think it's either additional hardware or more SSD space (like the WiiU). I just hope there is way more than 32GB. That's just not enough these days.
Packaging - I think the white and blue is just placeholder packaging. I don't think Nintendo would want to use the same blue and white of the WiiU game boxes for the NX box. A total shift so people can easily notice the difference would be the way to go. Also I do think that NX is just the project code name and the actual console name has not been released. Most of Nintendo's recent consoles have had different project code names.
Features and specs - For anything portable, carts is a must as optical media does not travel well. This makes sence in so many ways that I would be utterly shocked to see anything but carts on the NX. THink 3DS like carts, not N64/SNES like ones. I think 4K is a lie, just like most manufactures out there. It's really just UHD. I do think it might be able to stream UHD. Doesn't mean much as the games will play in 1080p. If the portable part is 900p that will be ok. 900p seems like a weird number to choose but that would be fine be me if the frame rate is constant.
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