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Nintendo Considering Android For The Wii U?
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Zangmonkey
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I don't know if anybody noticed yet or not, but integration is the hot product. Apple, Google, Facebook.... under it all they sell integration.
Nintendo has no reason to avoid this except for fear of licensing fees.
Nintendo has no reason to avoid this except for fear of licensing fees.
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It might be true for the joypad part, not the actual console itself.
didnt read read TFA
didnt read read TFA
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I could see Android being very useful for the new controller they've designed. If the console itself uses Android as an OS, that could indicate that Nintendo has an ARM based processor in the Wii U.
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If this is true, then it's a stroke of genius on Nintendo's part, I was seriously wondering how they would ever fix their weakness in the area of content delivery.
Still ends up being hardly an upgrade over the wii, which was hardly an upgrade over the gamecube which puts it behind Old generation hardware and it has an even shittier control scheme than the wii.
In short..is not going to help sales.
In short..is not going to help sales.
Because the Wii was hurting in sales, right? Wrong.
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Please sit in the corner with your iPhone while everyone else enjoys mario, zelda, and metroid games. Have fun.
This makes me giggle like a school girl. I mean, hey, it's not like Nintendo curb stomped everyone this generation, right? Oh wait, they did.
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You hear that? That's the sound of a million Linux die hards getting wood.
I suppose if you add 200,000 dimentions up...
half a bil loss last year seems hurting to me.
Nintendo's first loss in company history, after years of staggering profit. Lets not get carried away. In comparison, Sony lost 6 Billion. People tend to forget Japan had a massive earthquake, tidal wave, and nuclear meltdown, all at once, there's due to be some economic disappointment.
I'm thinking the pirates will be very happy if the U runs Android, being that most Android devices are fully rootable and hackable within a short timeframe. Anyone with a USB cable and the technical ability of your average script kiddie can run unsigned code on a very hefty percentage of Android devices.
Also I very much don't see Nintendo, a maker of some very popular handheld devices, licensing Android just to run the controller. They're more than capable of handling that in-house if they so chose. The main benefits of using Android here are content (via Nintendo's existing catalog expanded with Google Play) and Google benefits if the U also features the Google TV app set by getting wider adoption of its convergence technology.
One thing of which to be aware: Google Play is a big brand change for a company that doesn't make games or consoles. That alone may be evidence that Google and Nintendo are going to be playing ball.
And for the love of god, leave off the accusations of data mining. Yes, they collect data on you and use it to target ads. Most of their services are without monetary cost, so how do you expect them to make revenue and keep on giving you stuff? That's their business model, so acting surprised when someone "uncovers" their evil data mining is a lot like getting into bed with a prostitute and acting surprised when she asks for money.
Also I very much don't see Nintendo, a maker of some very popular handheld devices, licensing Android just to run the controller. They're more than capable of handling that in-house if they so chose. The main benefits of using Android here are content (via Nintendo's existing catalog expanded with Google Play) and Google benefits if the U also features the Google TV app set by getting wider adoption of its convergence technology.
One thing of which to be aware: Google Play is a big brand change for a company that doesn't make games or consoles. That alone may be evidence that Google and Nintendo are going to be playing ball.
And for the love of god, leave off the accusations of data mining. Yes, they collect data on you and use it to target ads. Most of their services are without monetary cost, so how do you expect them to make revenue and keep on giving you stuff? That's their business model, so acting surprised when someone "uncovers" their evil data mining is a lot like getting into bed with a prostitute and acting surprised when she asks for money.
It would be awesome if while the two of you were giggling like girls that you practiced some reading comprehension. I was talking about the WiiU and the fact that it is going to fail miserably. I implied nothing about the Wii being a failure as it clearly wasn't.
Don't own a iphone , Own many android devices and they all are flawed. 3 android phones , 1 nokia windows phone (Best phone i have used yet) so you sit in the corner I have been using nintendo products since 85.
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I seriously doubt this will happen, but who knows. Android just doesn't seem like a smart move for Nintendo IMO. It wouldn't be long before the system is cracked wide open (although, that'll be the case with or without Android). Besides, who wants a laggy, uninspired UI on a game console
I seriously doubt this will happen, but who knows. Android just doesn't seem like a smart move for Nintendo IMO. It wouldn't be long before the system is cracked wide open (although, that'll be the case with or without Android). Besides, who wants a laggy, uninspired UI on a game console
Android works fine for Nook and Kindle where if you root it you lose access to B&N and Amazon stores. Sure you can root the WiiU but you'd risk losing access to the Nintendo store.
Rooting the Kindle doesn't remove store access, replacing the OS does. And there is a Kindle app for Android, so that's hardly a loss of functionality. Not sure about the Nook, but I'm guessing the same.
Rooting a device is pretty much transparent to anything past the kernel level, and even if it wasn't if you have root access to a system you can spoof whatever you want.
Rooting a device is pretty much transparent to anything past the kernel level, and even if it wasn't if you have root access to a system you can spoof whatever you want.
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Sweet. If Nintendo uses Android, it would be awesome if there was full Google market access.
Optional touch screen remotes?
Optional touch screen remotes?
Why is anyone bringing x86 into this? The Wii isn't going to use x86-based anything. It's either using PPC (as Nintendo has used for awhile) or some sort of ARM/MIPS mobile hardware. If you think Nintendo would build an x86 console in 2012, you have gone off the deep end.
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The idea of using Android sounds potentially cool, but then I ran into something else that made me think Nintendo's still stuck in the past:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/...-to-bridge-the-digitalretail-sales-divide.ars
My fave part:
"Iwata justified the suggested pricing parity by arguing that the value of the game is in the software itself, and that the distribution format for that software shouldn't have any impact on a game's value to the consumer. In fact, Iwata argues, some consumers may actually find more value in a version of a game that is permanently stored on the system, without the need to carry around a disc or game card (never mind that these games are tied to the system they're first downloaded to, and can't be resold like physical games)."
Oh goodie, I can buy a digital version of a game for the same price of a retail version, wait for it to download for a couple hours before I can play, and also enjoy the fact that I can't use it on a second console or sell it after I finish it, how cool is that right?
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/...-to-bridge-the-digitalretail-sales-divide.ars
My fave part:
"Iwata justified the suggested pricing parity by arguing that the value of the game is in the software itself, and that the distribution format for that software shouldn't have any impact on a game's value to the consumer. In fact, Iwata argues, some consumers may actually find more value in a version of a game that is permanently stored on the system, without the need to carry around a disc or game card (never mind that these games are tied to the system they're first downloaded to, and can't be resold like physical games)."
Oh goodie, I can buy a digital version of a game for the same price of a retail version, wait for it to download for a couple hours before I can play, and also enjoy the fact that I can't use it on a second console or sell it after I finish it, how cool is that right?
How is that different from the status quo though? Most games on Steam are the same price as they are at retail (not including sale prices), and the digital download stores for the PS3, the Vita and the 360 are comparable to the in-store prices for the software. Also, Nintendo has had good success pricing and selling their retro titles through the Virtual Console, with most games less than $5 a pop. We're not talking a flood of 99c games here (like iOS and Android have) but that price point causes a deluge of junk/ad-infested crap that the user has to wade through to find decent games. Also, when push comes to shove and market realities dictate lower pricing, it's much easier to change the prices in your online store than it is to change them at retail. If their download store is anything like Sony's or Microsoft's, you will be able to play your games on a friend's console just by logging in to your account. The only reason the Wii didn't do this was because the online component was so barebones it didn't even have centralized login/authentication. Nintendo won't make that same mistake again (or if they do, it will be their last home console for sure).
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I think this is the smartest thing nintendo could do, BRILLIANT!
It's not about the x86, it's about it unlikely to be ARM and we just used another CPU as an alternative. He's assuming that android only runs on ARM, we brought up the fact that Android also runs on x86.
Huh, I must have gotten bad information regarding the Kindle. But by Amazon store, I don't mean the Kindle app (which is available for all smartphone), but the Amazon store and Amazon cloud. Movies, mp3s, Cloud access, being able to buy apps from Amazon store as opposed to through Android store.
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Standard touch screen remote, bad ass! Obviously, I had no clue about this with my earlier post.
And how many people said that the Wii was going to do shit for sales before/when it came out?
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And how many people said that the Wii was going to do shit for sales before/when it came out?
Hellz yeah, alot of people did, myself included, than I ate my own words when I came home and my wife picked up a Wii and we played the shit outta some Smash Bro's Brawl. I think the Wii was done right.... While it may not have the best hardware, it had good software and a VERY reasonable price-point.
WiiU will most likely be the same. While it may not have XBox 720, PS4 hardware, it will still be better than current gen (at least according to other posts form before) and still most likely have the reasonable price-point.
Plus how he tablet peace will work is STILL yet to be seen for alot of games. So people need to stop jumping to radical conclusions and just WAIT AND SEE!
that is definitely a factor but its obvious the Wii hype has been dying steadily and evidence is mounting of stale reactions from consumers for the next console
is the general consensus that the wii was a good console here? im talking about your guys' experience, not reviews or sales. whenever i played it i got frustrated to no end by the nunchucks and wished they had just stuck with controllers. in fact i only played controller games if controllers were available. also i think a lot of people i know with wiis bought them and never really got many games. they just used it for wii sports and maybe 1 or 2 other games before the novelty wore off and they switched to 360 or ps3. im surprised hoew much support im hearing for it in this thread since i generally hated the wii. i know it sold like hot cakes for a few years, but thats drastically fallen off lately whereas 360 is seling better and better and ps3 sales are about even from year to year.