Monday, July 05, 2010

Wii successor 3D-compatible, Nintendo to shift towards hardcore gamers



The successor to the Wii home console will be 3D compatible. Also, Nintendo wants to strengthen its ties with third party developers and shift towards hardcore games, company president Satoru Iwata told Japanese newspaper Nikkei (via Gamespot).

Iwata is quoted as saying that he is keen to "expand into elaborate games targeting serious gamers", which appears to be the strategy both for the next home console, as well as for the next handheld, the 3DS.

Iwata went on to suggest that the current DS and its software only caters to those who do not play games; something that he hoped to rectify with the 3DS in terms of advances in graphics and gameplay. Recognising this shift in focus from first-party to third-party development, Iwata told Nikkei that Nintendo went to great lengths to incorporate software developers' requests when making the 3DS and called on these developers to make games for the new system.

"These partnerships are good for both Nintendo and the software developers," Iwata said.

Iwata also announced Nintendo's plans to make the successor to the Wii 3D compatible, telling Nikkei that "a full-scale entry into this field will take some time because 3D televisions will not catch on right away."




Nintendo appears keen to occupy the 3D space of videogaming, which has remained largely untapped until now. Sony has only just launched the first 3D games for its PlayStation3. Microsoft has ruled out 3D for the short term. The 3DS will undobtedly become a huge success, if only Nintendo can offer a clever solution to bring 3D movies and other content to consumers, as well as games.

And the games may be a departure from the current DS offering, too. A shift towards more hardcore games would be all too welcome. Not too long ago, the ´Resident Evil´ franchise was exclusive to Nintendo platforms. So, will we see such collaborations again and, more importantly, will we see them last?

As odd as that may sound, Nintendo's big problem is the huge success of the Wii console. Its successor is doomed to become at least as successful or it may be seen as a failure. Motion control has now been copied by both competitors. Cloud gaming services like Gaikai and OnLive are threatening the traditional console business model. Technologywise, the only way Nintendo can go is 3D. I am most intrigued, though, which technology the company will choose. I do not see them investing in traditional solutions with polarised or shutter glasses and Iwata pretty much said so himself. So, will the Wii's successor also incorporate some autostereoscopic solution, much as we suspected right on this blog five years ago?

EDIT Iwata has commented on the Wii's successor and 3D before. EDGE quotes him in an interview with a Japanese newspaper, speaking about the Wii's 3D potential.


If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely bad, so we'd probably do it with the next system. We're thinking that the timing should be once the 3D television adoption rate crosses the 30% mark. We're looking at the adoption trends.


In a lengthy interview with Venture Beat, Iwata dismissed the idea that the 3DS' parallax barrier technology could also be applied to big screens.


With this parallax barrier technology, the LCD must be a certain distance away from the screen. It also needs a certain viewing angle. We think it is not a great match for the home TV set. As one of the engineers, I can anticipate that someone will invent a 3D TV that does not require you to wear 3D glasses. As far as today is concerned I do not think they can do it well. We need an invention to make it happen. If you ask me when, I have no idea.


This statement is rather surprising, since there are a number of autostereoscopic technologies out there that are far developed and practically mass market ready.

Source: Nikkei (via Gamespot), Electronista, Gamasutra, EDGE, Venture Beat
Thanks to: Fook

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

imagine a handheld-console hybrid THINK ABOUT IT!!being able to connect your portable hybrid to a big screen in hd rez

Metaldave said...

Damn, I forgot all about this! Thanks for the reminder Fala. Nintendo still might be able to turn that code name "Revolution" into the actual name of the successor to the Wii. I kinda doubt it though since Wii 3D might be really catchy too.

Holographic gaming in your own home, just one more step to having a Holodeck....

jerry said...

^^

You can do that with the psp. Granted it's not high resolution (480p) but it's still pretty cool. I rarely use my psp as a handheld, I treat it as a console.

On topic though,

This is great news. The wii has seriously been lacking ever since it's been released. It would be awesome to see some quality 3rd party support and less minigames. Better hardware wouldn't be a bad thing either. This is the first time, in a long time, that i've been happy with something Nintendo has announced.

Anonymous said...

nintendo to focus on hardcore gamers !!!!!

theres no such thing as hardcore and casual what are you talking about that is industry falacy there is no casual and core there are customers and thats your lot

3D tvsith out glasses are a obvious step thats coming sharp lead 3D innovation sharp do the 3DS screens its obvious Nintendo knows wen glasses free 3D tvs are coming most likely 2012 there's also the possibility of some other tech like a projector maybe

the whole hardcore and casual is industry made up nonsence YOU DO NOT AND NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND DISRUPTION THE PENY JUST DOESNT DROP DOES IT

3d is obvious for there next home console if there is one

i myself would prefer a hybrid of 3ds and wii 2 thats backward compatable also

Anonymous said...

I still have my doubts about OnLive and Gaikai. You have to "purchase" games through the service but can only access them while you have a subscription. If I never connected my computer to the internet again, I'd still have all the games I bought on Steam. I still have the install discs for my older games that I purchased, as well as cartridges and discs for previous console generations. If my internet goes out, I still have options. Things like this make me seriously doubt the viability of cloud gaming services, not to mention the need for high bandwidth internet without usage caps.

Unknown said...

Iwata has stated that he wants to move the next console to the 3d market.
But he really wants a glasses free solution. But he isn´t expecting it in the near future.

http://3dradar.techradar.com/3d-tech/sony-psp-boss-not-smitten-glasses-free-3d-05-07-2010?src=rss&attr=newsall

jerry said...

"the whole hardcore and casual is industry made up nonsence YOU DO NOT AND NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND DISRUPTION THE PENY JUST DOESNT DROP DOES IT "


no, it's not made up nonsense you dumbass. My girlfriend is a casual gamer. She only plays cooking mama and tetris, and that's only because I bought them for her. She enjoys gaming but she doesn't read blogs, she doesn't go to game sites and she doesn't have any idea what new games are being released. That right there sums up the majority of the wii user base. They are people who saw Jon Stewart playing the wii at the oscars, they saw the motion controllers and wanted to get something that was fresh and popular.

Is there anything wrong with that? No, that was nintendos plan. To say though, that casual and hardcore is something made up by the press is just plain ignorant.

Why do you think the press was raving over nintendo at e3 this year? It's because nintendo is finally delivering core games on a regular basis and they showed with the 3ds that the system has tons of core third party support behind it.

Stop being a fanboy dumbass. Calling someone a casual gamer isn't a bad thing. Someone who plays wii sports or wii fit and doesn't buy another game for a year or so is a casual gamer, plain and simple.

Stop flooding the blog with your stupidity.

Anonymous said...

hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah hay everyone disruption doesnt exist nintendo in fact went casual and the dieing industry and the 11 bilion los at xbox and the 6 billion dolloar loss at playstation didnt actually hapen

sean malstrom talks out his ass theres no such thing as disruption the birdmen of the industry are in fact correct that gaming went casual (whatever that is)

YOU INSANE INEPT MORON THERE IS A WEBSITE RAN BY SEAN MALSTROM CLEARLY TALKING OF DISRUPTION AND WHAT NINTENDO WERE GOING TO DO AND ARE DOING

THERE WAS A GFUY CALLEDE CUBEBOY101 WHO PREDICTED IT ALL IN 2004 AND TO PROVE HE BELIVED IN NINTENDOS PLAN HE PUT EVERY PENNY HE HAD INTO NINTENDO STOCK IN 2005 WALKED AWAY WITH A LOAD OF CASH HE IS NOW NOWN AS WIIBOY101

are you so insane you actual think nintendo went casual theres no such thing as a casual gamer or a casual market it is industry invented falacy FACT

the industry was disrupted by the OLD SKOOL Wii a console taking gaming back to were it belonged PLAYING GAMES the industry invented a casaual hype to try and explain away the wii success as OUTSIDE THE GAMES INDUSTRY (U ASS) THEY ALL AS BIRDMEN RALLIED AROUND THERE IDEA OF CASUAL GAMES I.E RETARDED GAMES THINKING THERE WAS A HUGE RETARD MARKET what they didnt realize was nintendo were expanding into new markets and destroying the old market of HARDLYCORE that was shrinking nintendo wii was nes 2 IT WAS THE REIMAGINING OF MAINSTREAM CONSOLE OWNERSHIP JUST AS IT WAS IN THE 80S WITH NES the console war was sony sega etc trying to be a success like the nes the nes was nintendos first folly into DISRUTION they did exactly that they disrupted atari into bankrupcy (ITS CALLED A FACT) the nes did so much damage americans tried to have it banned americans called it wait for it here it comes like a apolo greed punch A CASUAL CONSOLE just like the same kind of americans are calling wii AKA meacheal pachter/mark rein/EA games etc it was a anti nintendo japan bash move to try and holt the wii it was a replay of american congress and analists in the 80s wen the nes hit HISTORY SIMPLY REPEATING ITS SELF

nintendo went casual NO THEY DIDNT THATS LIKE SAYING PS2 WENT CASUAL

PS2 WAS A SALES SUCCESS AS IE WII

BUT SONY HAVING SUCCESS OR MICROSOFT HAVING SUCCESS IS REPORTED AS BEING SUCCESSFUL (FACT AGREED IM 100% RIGHT HERE AND U KNOW IT) WEN WII WENT MEGA SUCCESSFUL IT WASNT A SUCCESS IT WAS A FAD A CASUAL FAD

SEE ONE RULE FOR THE >>>>>INDUSTRY<<<<<< ONE RULE FOR NINTENDO


YOU IDIOT

Anonymous said...

hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah hay everyone disruption doesnt exist nintendo in fact went casual and the dieing industry and the 11 bilion los at xbox and the 6 billion dolloar loss at playstation didnt actually hapen

sean malstrom talks out his ass theres no such thing as disruption the birdmen of the industry are in fact correct that gaming went casual (whatever that is)

YOU INSANE INEPT MORON THERE IS A WEBSITE RAN BY SEAN MALSTROM CLEARLY TALKING OF DISRUPTION AND WHAT NINTENDO WERE GOING TO DO AND ARE DOING

THERE WAS A GFUY CALLEDE CUBEBOY101 WHO PREDICTED IT ALL IN 2004 AND TO PROVE HE BELIVED IN NINTENDOS PLAN HE PUT EVERY PENNY HE HAD INTO NINTENDO STOCK IN 2005 WALKED AWAY WITH A LOAD OF CASH HE IS NOW NOWN AS WIIBOY101

are you so insane you actual think nintendo went casual theres no such thing as a casual gamer or a casual market it is industry invented falacy FACT

the industry was disrupted by the OLD SKOOL Wii a console taking gaming back to were it belonged PLAYING GAMES the industry invented a casaual hype to try and explain away the wii success as OUTSIDE THE GAMES INDUSTRY (U ASS) THEY ALL AS BIRDMEN RALLIED AROUND THERE IDEA OF CASUAL GAMES I.E RETARDED GAMES THINKING THERE WAS A HUGE RETARD MARKET what they didnt realize was nintendo were expanding into new markets and destroying the old market of HARDLYCORE that was shrinking nintendo wii was nes 2 IT WAS THE REIMAGINING OF MAINSTREAM CONSOLE OWNERSHIP JUST AS IT WAS IN THE 80S WITH NES the console war was sony sega etc trying to be a success like the nes the nes was nintendos first folly into DISRUTION they did exactly that they disrupted atari into bankrupcy (ITS CALLED A FACT) the nes did so much damage americans tried to have it banned americans called it wait for it here it comes like a apolo greed punch A CASUAL CONSOLE just like the same kind of americans are calling wii AKA meacheal pachter/mark rein/EA games etc it was a anti nintendo japan bash move to try and holt the wii it was a replay of american congress and analists in the 80s wen the nes hit HISTORY SIMPLY REPEATING ITS SELF

nintendo went casual NO THEY DIDNT THATS LIKE SAYING PS2 WENT CASUAL

PS2 WAS A SALES SUCCESS AS IE WII

BUT SONY HAVING SUCCESS OR MICROSOFT HAVING SUCCESS IS REPORTED AS BEING SUCCESSFUL (FACT AGREED IM 100% RIGHT HERE AND U KNOW IT) WEN WII WENT MEGA SUCCESSFUL IT WASNT A SUCCESS IT WAS A FAD A CASUAL FAD

SEE ONE RULE FOR THE >>>>>INDUSTRY<<<<<< ONE RULE FOR NINTENDO


YOU IDIOT

Anonymous said...

IGN shigsy interview....

talking of 3DS XL shigsy is clearly hinting at a hybrid console here if you infact have any brains

Anonymous said...

first post a hybrid is coming and i think sony is trying to out nintendo on it with there secret playstation device in development a gaming ipad like device from sony with games played via small screen or on tv im sure thats there plan to copy nintendo but do it first

i think 3DS will be MEGA SUCCESS and wii2 wont hapen instead a 3ds /wii hybrid in a 3ds-xl type set up playing ds dsi 3ds games and new hd and hd 3d wii games and maybe wii backplay also

a stand alone console that works one way seems OUT OF DATE TO ME NOW

Anonymous said...

anyone who believes COUGH COUGH that nintendo went casual (i now have visions of iwata modeling casual were in a clothing catalog) rollingeyes !!!!

needs to type casual falacy into a google search and sean malstrom

and learn themselfs something

Anonymous said...

Still waiting for that sadness article.

Anonymous said...

nintendo went casual INDUSTRY FANTASY

SONY SELLS LOADS ITS A SUCCESS

NINTENDO SELLS LOADS MORE ITS A CASUAL FAD

THE INDUSTRY MADE THAT UP ITS A LIE

Falafelkid said...

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Anonymous said...

Don't you ever get tired of playing this whole "rumor" thing by ear, Falafel?

Miss obvious stories like the 3DS and in the ensuing months refuse to cover it, yet we get years worth of pointless speculation.

Blog is now "meh."

Falafelkid said...

Anonymous.

Miss obvious stories like the 3DS and in the ensuing months refuse to cover it, yet we get years worth of pointless speculation.

Blog is now "meh."


I did not miss the 3DS story. I covered it a few days after the news broke. That is always a possibility with one guy writing a blog by himself. I spent a whole week at GDC in San Francisco this year, then flew to London to interview Miyamoto and I have since been involved in something fairly large which will happen alongside GDC/GC in Cologne next month, not to mention a huge project which will launch in early spring.

And still, this blog, I may say so, has broken more news than most, if not all major media outlets. So if you still do not appreciate my work here, you are free to take your readership elsewhere. I honestly could not care less, because there are plenty of regulars here who do appreciate what I am doing here. "Pointless speculation" - that was a good one, mate!

RGB said...

I honnestly could not care less,

you didn't happen to work at nintendo 10 or so years ago and Sony 5 years ago by any chance did you gal? heh :)

RGB said...

*-n

*fal

jerry said...

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Falafelkid said...

Hi Jerry. Thanks ever so much for your kind comments and for frequenting this blog. I sincerely hope that the few posts I have time for these days really offer something new. I can tell you: the Nibris article certainly will and it is coming along fine. In fact, I will most likely meet some of the Nibris/Bloober Team people in Cologne. So the article should be up just after that. Again, thanks for sticking around here.

Falafelkid said...

Oh, and Grandmaster B.

you didn't happen to work at nintendo 10 or so years ago and Sony 5 years ago by any chance did you gal? heh :)

Nice one. Took me a while to get it, though ;) Am I really that arrogant? Where can I order that humble pie?

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