We got some new information on the Nintendo NX. According to the fucking (Pay-)Wall(ed) Street Journal, development kits for Nintendo’s announced but not really console or whatever have been distributed to select third-party developers.
The NX will “likely include both a console and at least one mobile unit that could either be used in conjunction with the console or taken on the road for separate use”, at least according to the fucking Wall Street Journal, who in turn got that info from “people familiar with the development plans”.
Do I need to point out the obvious in that? Who are those people the Wall Humper Journal got their info from? My grandma is familiar with Nintendo’s development plans: Release a couple of Mario games, maybe a Zelda one. Done.
The Tosser Journal then continues with another amazing prediction: Nintendo is aiming “to put industry-leading chips in the NX devices”. Yeah, no shit?! Industry leading? So they are faster than the day-1 obsolete hardware in current gen systems? Wow.
The best is yet to come though, and I won’t even comment on that (that, I’ll leave to you): “We are increasingly of the idea that Nintendo might launch the NX in 2016 because of the softness of 3DS and Wii U.”
no, I won't even link to the article
Picture: Sadly no idea. Let me know if you find out
I have to wonder why they even reported this news. They clearly aren’t trying to appeal to a new demographic or they would have at least pretended like they give a shit. Did some exec just force an editor to talk about something the kids do so the editor asked his 4 year old nephew what he likes who replied, “Nintendo!” so this dude just finds the first piece of news related to it and acts like he’s discovered a brand new world full of people with an extra $30 to spare every month to learn what video games are? WtF
I picture two guys in a news van who are looking for a story and happen upon a cow standing in the road. So they get the cameras out, make sure their ties are straight, raise the antenna and report: Cow standing in Road, back to you in the studio.
Also I would like to say that I love that the guy on the far right of that image looks like John Goodman playing Solid Snake.