Fwd: First Click: Nintendo's NX should be the Netflix of video games

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Date: July 29, 2016 at 07:30AM

July 29, 2016 Nintendo's NX console got a whole lot less mysterious this week after a detailed report from Eurogamer — later corroborated by IGN and Kotaku — blew the lid off the concept. In short, it's said to be a tablet-style device powered by Nvidia mobile hardware; it has detachable controllers, and can be hooked up to a TV for living-room play. But what's less clear is how Nintendo expects to go about selling games to people following the abject failure of the Wii U, which similarly attempted to blend portable and big-screen play. Even though the Wii U featured some of Nintendo's best ever games, like Super Mario 3D World and Splatoon, the company's console strategy felt a little retro. I have an idea that I don't expect Nintendo to use, but that I do think it should: offer a monthly paid subscription service. The Netflix of video games, if you will. I believe doing so could improve its situation in a number of key areas, solving some long-standing issues while making the company more accessible to more people. Read the full article on The Verge - By Sam Byford Five stories to start your day 1 Sony's mobile business is now small enough to not be losing money After years of struggles from its phone division, Sony has finally figured out how to break even: by shrinking everything dramatically and benefiting from favorable exchange rates. The Japanese... 2 The English of non-native speakers could make smarter computers Researchers at MIT have created a database of annotated sentences written by non-native English speakers, the university announced in a press release Friday, in an effort to improve the ways in... 3 Get ready for a new dinosaur novel from Michael Crichton When Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, he left behind a massive collection of papers: outlines, notes, and several incomplete novels. In the years since his death, Crichton's widow Sherri has... Advertisement 4 WhatsApp isn't fully deleting its 'deleted' chats WhatsApp retains and stores chat logs even after those chats have been deleted, according to a post today by iOS researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Examining disk images taken from the most recent... 5 AMD will release two new entry-level graphics cards for gaming Back in May, AMD unveiled its Radeon RX480, which became the cheapest VR-capable graphics card available. The company is continuing to stick with its low-price / solid-performance model today with... About The Verge | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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