What do you think nintendo's next gen console will be?

They can do whatever the **** they want. It's always been about the first party exclusives with Nintendo and you can be sure regardless of what is inside those will look and perform well on whatever hardware Nintendo puts inside the NX.

After two gens in a row being exactly 1 gen behind its competition, i think they finally learned their lesson and release something powerful. At this point they'll have to release a console significantly more powerful than a ps4/x1 or they will not be noticed. Probably something like 8 cores at 3.0ghz and a 960 OC equivalent. I just hope they don't mess up on the cpu like the other two did

But for SW purposes this is NX (exclusive look)

Underpowered.

The Nintendo Wii U X.

At this point, I may just stick to there badass Handheld gaming and it looks like the Wii U will be my last Nintendo console. Not saying my Wii U is not enjoyable, it's just lacking 3rd party games.

For one thing, it doesn't matter if there next console is raw power or underpowered, 3rd party will always look at Nintendo as a kiddy friendly gaming console that no 3rd party wants to do with them. That said, can't vote on this one.

Nintendo will march to the beat of their own drum, let PS4 and Xbox One try and compete with PC, Nintendo will compete with Nintendo.

As long as they keep it around that $300 price tag, ill be happy.

i think a lot of it will be based on mobile tech. nintendo always build a console to their own needs and wants first (its the only reason i can think of as to why they stuck with the IBM CPU in the wiiu).

so i think its basically going to be built around an ARM CPU. it will probably be clocked significantly higher than what you would see in a mobile phone since it can be actively cooled. hard to call on the number of cores and what the specficis will be though. itll have to be enough to keep the GPU fed but it doesnt need to be a desktop buster.

i think nvidia could be a good partner for nintendo because they can offer a GPU architecture that suitable for a handheld as well as a home console (making sharing tech between devices easier). however whether nintendo is prepared to to move away from AMD (well artx...who were bought by ATI who, in turn, were bought by AMD) or not after such a long time is hard to call. nintendo dont seem to plushed about switching vendors though when it suits so who knows. i wouldnt expect that to be much more powerful than what is in the PS4. the architecture will probably be a bit more up to date but nothing mad. itll be enough so that nintendo are happy they can deliver 1080P@60FPS for the games they want to make.

all i know is that it will be a bag of crap!

It will be weak and outdated that's for sure.

Power has never been at the top of the tree for Ninty... especially the last couple of consoles.

Probably an x86 system roughly on par with the PS4, plus a standalone gamepad with an ARM processor inside for handheld gaming, unifying their dedicated hardware into a single system.

It has been different , the n64 was actually stronger than the playstation but was nerfed because of the cartridges.

The super nintendo was the strongest console (well maybe apart from the neo geo, but that was simply not payable)

@commander: To be fair, the Mega Drive/Genesis was over 2 years old by the time the SNES was released. it would have been pretty weak to release a technically inferior system after such a large gap of time.

The market was just different back in the 80s and 90s on consoles though. There was no extensive online infrastructure to worry about, games were less cinematic, and audiences skewed younger, much younger, which played to Nintendo's strength. Those NES/SNES days of third party domination will never return on home consoles for Nintendo no matter what they do with NX. The market has changed too much and third parties, especially Western ones, have lost all confidence/interest in Nintendo systems. It doesn't help that the PS4 has all the momentum in the world and will almost certainly have a huge install base by the time NX releases. So if power appeals mostly to Western devs, it's probably a waste of time to invest in.

if there next console sells like the wiiU will nintendo be in finacial trouble or are they still making a ton of money etc?

does anyone know how good are they doing right now with wiiU an 3ds there fine right?

so they don't even need a fad or a big hit they are doing fine with there gamers they have

I can't vote in your poll there's no option for 'Finally better than PS3 and 360 but still way below PS4 and X1'.

They will make the cheapest junk they can possibly get away with yet again but will have some weird gimmick like you can play all Nintendo games on any device with this 'amazing' new thing or some other shit.

I chose number 4.

they already have that , it's called the wii u

oh yeah that's right the cpu is better in teh x360 and ps3

They can't be that stupid, i suppose

I have no clue really. Ninty's design philosophy for two gens has been to use efficient but otherwise underwhelming parts next to what their current technological fascination is.

I'm hoping they don't phone it in, and even if they can (and have already) make some truly magnificent things with their own hardware , they still should make it more user friendly with everyone else in the industry.

Hopefully a console that has more than 2-3 good games to play each year

I think they should just reissue the NES.

They can and will be that stupid and will charge next gen prices for their crappy junk. And Nintendo fanboys will lap it up and say 'it's all about the games' because clearly they haven't got nearly enough retro Mario and Zelda games to keep them going.

Nintendo: stupid.

Nintendo apologists: stupider.

Nintendo: kaching!

Not one but 3 gen behind, N64, GC and Wii were behind their competition, I do have to say that they are awesome for Nintendo games but suck at everything else ( befor Ninty rabid fanboys pounce on me I have to mention that I do own GBA, DS, DSi XL, 3DS XL, GC and Wii and do like Nintendo games ).

The N64 was the most advanced console in gen 5 save for its usage of cartridges. The GameCube was also the most powerful 6th gen console save for the Xbox.

They need to release something with 4 Tflops and 12GBs GDDR5 that allows them to make a Disney/Pixar looking open world Mario game at launch. And they will be the console graphics king for 2-3 years. They need to go out swinging

I think it will be uber strong.

Hopefully:

• x86 architecture
• mid-line hardware
• $300 price point
• standard gamepad
• full backwards compatibility with GC, Wii and Wii U games and peripherals

@silversix_: Lol. If that was Tesla's potato it would actually work.

Topic: Nintendo needs to make a $350 system and sell it for $300. What they will do instead is make a system about as powerful as a XO. They are psychotic about nerfing systems to exclude 3rd-party support.

I predict that Nintendo fans will overplay its power right up until the point where it becomes patently obvious that Nintendo are overcharging for an underpowered mess yet again whereupon they will change direction again and claim that graphics and power don't matter. Which is bollocks.

Best evidence I can think of: Look at the difference between Dead Rising on Xbox 360 and Wii. Tell me power doesn't matter.

Didn't AMD already announced they are making the next unannounced console prior to the nintendo announcement?

My guess is that NEX will be a ZEN architecture based APU using GDDR5 or DDR4 ram. Launch date probably 2016/2017.

That would be my dream. Lower power consumption and great performance. The issue would be yield issues or whether ZEN gets delayed.

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say cost of cartridges? I say this because it all comes down to memory and such. Carts offer a potential benefit of having chips on carts which aid the console side of things.

Even with its shortcomings the N64 still output the best visuals that generation.

***Genesis and SNES were very close. I wouldn't call the SNES significantly more powerful. Oddly, the best of the snes easily eclipses the genesis.

********I'd even go as far as saying that the Gamecube may have very well output the best visuals of that gen. I know SPlinter Cell Chaos Theory looks great. I know Ninja Gaiden looks pretty good. However, there are a few games on the Gamecube that are just stunning and tend to hold some graphical sheen that seems to be absent on xbox. Rogue Leader(or is it rebel strike) runs in a higher resolution, has a large polygon count, and has super smooth gameplay.

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A console should be a custom built box.

I more wonder what the controller will be then the console with nintendo ... We should be able to guess they are at the very least going on par with xbox one and ps4

i vote number 5

....and will continue to lose as long as they do so.

People can like it or not, but the Wii U is capable of putting out better graphics than the 360 and ps3. I doubt they'd make something that wasn't at least a bit more powerful than the ps4.

@MirkoS77: Nintendo been losing since the 1800's, im sure theyll be fine mate.

Nintendo never suffered any losses until very recently either. How quick things can change.

Management shifts, companies fail to adapt with the times, and I'm sure there are quite a few businesses in the garbage dump of history that went under who had been around for over a hundred years or more. Citing their past is an assurance of nothing.

@MirkoS77: Are you talking about losing the casual market? Nintendo software sales are doing awesome. Mario Kart is one of the top selling games on current Gen, only topped by CoD. Im not sure what your getting at. Nintendo is doing just like they always do, making madd money.

a steroid up Wii U is what I think the hardware will be - 1080p at 60fps (on every games) best hope...worse hope a system that can barely only do 1080p at 30fps on all games. :P

A mobile called.... Wii U Mii. :P

@superbuuman: You can most likely bank on 1080p, Nintendo games dont need super advanced graphics, they just need to be fun. Nintendo will make the console that best fits their budget for creating games so they can continue to create a lot of awesome games like they do every year. Nobody creates more or better games then Nintendo.

No, I'm referring to the breaking of a precedent as an example against your point. You could've said to anyone who was fearful of Nintendo making losses before that point that their history would ensure them from such a thing.....but it didn't. Their history isn't a safeguard against anything, it demonstrates trends sure, but it's not a guarantee as you're seeing it.

Yes, Nintendo sales are doing awesome......for their worst selling system ever, following a trend of diminishing console sales (save the Wii) since the eighties. Nintendo's not making "mad money", they are making a profit off of a continually shrinking business. They could cut their business down to selling fruit out of a stand off the street, sell a ton, yet that doesn't mean that in context of their entire history (or their competitors) they're performing amazing just because you're viewing that performance in a vacuum.

That is also a possibility a Nintendo WiiUMii mobile phone. T_T

The power is not for Nintendo ...its moreso for 3rd party so they can't say "Oh no can't put this game on your system..your system is too weak".. :P besides Zelda/Metroid & now of course Xenoblade X that could benefit from more power, I don't think any other of the Nintendo IPs that its currently using requires massive amount of power. :P

More Steroids? Nintendo is about to go into cardiac arrest lol

Wii = gamecube on steroids

Wii U = Wii CPU on steroids

NX = Wii U on steroids?

No idea tbh. Nintendo has a monster of time getting 3nd parties back, but I hope they actually put more work than talk into unlike the Wii U. Wii U was all PR. Sad. I actually think its a great little console. Its like the new Sega Dreamcast, but much better at the finish line. Sega never even came close of reaching it.

@superbuuman: I dont think its wise to compete with PC, i think Nintendo is best competing with Nintendo. 3rd Party can either downsample the games like Playstation and Xbox do with PC games, or just make dedicated games on it like they do with 3DS.

@Chozofication: Your close, it will be better then Wii U but not massively better. Nintendo will keep it 1080p and make it innovatie in some way i think.

If they release yet another weak sauce system, I honestly couldn't give a damn.

@OhSnapitz: Xbox is a weak sauce PC mate. Its not all about the hardware, its all about the software.

Man, if Nintendo doesn't see they need to rally 3rd parties, they are in trouble. And part of that is having a respectable machine.