The disastrous failure that is the Wii U has forced Nintendo to advance to the next-generation of consoles much earlier than expected. We’ve been hearing a lot about the company’s next console, known as the Nintendo NX, but Nintendo has yet to reveal anything official, aside from confirming that it exists. However, rumor has it that the device will be a cross between a handheld console and a traditional console, and DigiTimes claims that it’ll enter mass production early next year. Apparently, Nintendo expects to sell as many as 20 million units by the end of 2016.
We still don’t really know anything about Nintendo’s next console, the NX. It might be a handheld/console hybrid, but until Nintendo formally unveils it, it could be anything. However, if rumours published by DigiTimes are to be believed, we could be getting the NX a hell of a lot sooner than we might’ve thought. DigiTimes claims the controversial company Foxconn has been chosen as the NX’s primary manufacturer, with a whole range of other companies supplying the resources to make it. While Nintendo is aiming to ship up to 20 million NX units in 2016, it is claimed that the various upstream suppliers (the ones who supply the resources) are only expecting it to ship around 10-12 million units. While this may sound kind of unimpressive, it still would keep it competitive with the Xbox One and PS4 next year, who are predicted to sell around 13-18 million units. While DigiTimes doesn’t make its sources quite as clear as I would’ve liked (and so take this news with an entire mine worth of salt), it is consistent with the news DigiTimes released in July this year that the target release date is July 2016.
