The Nintendo NX is subject of many speculations since its release was announced. Nintendo has been very careful with dishing out details, promising more information in the future. However, since the Wii U has not done well on the market, gamers are worried about the upcoming NX. Now, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima is breaking his silence and promised that the NX won't be anything like its predecessors.
"I can assure you we're not building the next version of Wii or Wii U," he told Time Magazine. "It's something unique and different. It's something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base."
As previously reported, gaming analyst Michael Pachter commented that without third-party support, the Nintendo NX will be "doomed before it launches."
"The reason that I have been so harshly critical of Nintendo leadership in the past is they were too focused on first-party software and not focused enough on keeping third-parties engaged," Pachter also said.
While Kimishima admitted that the NX will be making necessary changes, he also praised Wii's success, citing that it sold over 100 million worldwide. The Wii U, on the other hand, only sold a tenth of that figure.
"At this point in the Wii U lifespan, we're looking at 10 million sell-through for the hardware itself, which is just about a tenth of what we sold overall for Wii," Kimishima admitted.
Meanwhile, Nintendo has filed a new patent for a detachable "computing device," Gaming Bolt reported. It is said to be a removable device that could either increase the console's processing power or utilize cloud support.
Interestingly, this could also run a whole second game on the console, which the PS4 and Xbox One cannot do.
The Nintendo NX is expected to be released by 2016.
