Nintendo Switch

[Ghostbiscuit]

Suppose if it's cart-based then it has the potential to be tiny. How big would a Wii U would be if it didn't have a DVD drive in it...?

[venusian]

If it has performance comparable to the PS4 and XBO it's going to need to be fairly large just for the cooling mechanics.

[Darkflame]

Card based = more shelf space in stores = more profits? maybe.

[merman]

It's an interesting rumour, and adds credence to the idea that it will be a hybrid of home console and portable device.

Can it work? Yes, given fast enough access speeds and a decent chunk of memory to work in.

[Firefox]

Certainly the cost of flash memory is so staggeringly low per gigabyte nowadays that you could see a £40 game cartridge with a DVD's worth of content in it being not too painful at all to produce (relative to a £40 game on a DVD).

Plus you get the faster load times to please the gamers, and they'd be harder to bootleg.

[Chontler]

If they were flash drive/sd kind of things you could also update them I suppose.
I personally prefer having a harddrive and keeping the unit out of the way. Or maybe they are just doing away with physical purchases and the cartridge is for a blank one that you fill up on the main console to stick into the portable when you want to take it out.

[RiK]

I'm stuck in the middle. Fed up with swapping physical media, but don't have the bandwidth to cope with console-sized digital downloads.

Wish they'd adopt some variation of what MS were pitching for xbone so I could install from disk, but still activate a permanent install via my account and not have to keep swapping disks.

[toxibunny]

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160530PD201.html

Production changed to start in early 2017 instead of mid 2016 partly due to VR. That would explain the weirdness of e3, I guess. I also like the idea of a nintendo handheld that slots into a goggledock for VR, especially if it had stereoscopic virtual console, though I know I'm just dreaming... Imagine cinema mode hi-res 3ds virtual console. you could 'look down' at the bottom screen.

also, I bet they could get some VR functionality out of the Wiimote by dotting LEDs around your whole room, instead of the sensor bar...

[k345y]

I'm worried about the build quality in all honesty.

The 3DS quality is questionable, the U is defo a nasty price shock for those who don't know how to fix the common Left Stick problem.

[Deckard]

A bit surprised not already posted - just gorgeous

[gravy]

They've been streaming gameplay for hours. It's absolutely stunning

[toxibunny]

Latest rumour - it's a super-powerful handheld with detachable side controller bits for 2-player, that also plugs into your telly. Uses nvidia tegra, which will probably put it somewhere between Wii U and Xbox one. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016- ... ontrollers .

One one hand, I'm disappointed, but on the other hand, It would fit really nicely with my goggledock VR idea. I guess it all depends on the final implementation...

If this really is true though, it looks like the Wii U is Nintendo's final home console. I've heard rumblings of opinions about consoles just not being a thing anymore in the future, but I never thought it would come so quickly.

[TFO]

Half expecting them to balls it all up by calling it the 'WiiThrii" or something

[Darkflame]

I still say Vii is the most logical.

Nes, Snes, N64, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU, Vii (7)

[k345y]

Vii has a good ring to it and carries the brand recognition thing to.
Though I suppose that in Nordic and slovakian countries the Vii would still be pronounced the same as the Wii.