Razer's Forge TV and the Nvidia Shield also come with gaming components that run on Android. The Ouya, for example, is powered by Android. That success has prompted several companies to develop Android-based game hardware outside of smartphones and tablets. For one, Android, as the world's most popular mobile operating system, has become a go-to place for casual gamers to play all sorts of games, including simple titles, like Angry Birds, and more sophisticated titles, like Clash of Clans.
Still, there has been a shift in the gaming space toward accepting Android as a gaming platform. Nintendo has long been in control over all aspects of its gaming experiences and to deliver an open-source platform designed by another company seemed rather unlikely. To many who follow the gaming market, the very idea that Nintendo would move to an Android-based device was hard to believe. In March, Nintendo announced that it was working on that would feature "a brand new concept." Nintendo declined to provide further details on the device and has remained similarly tight-lipped since.
Nintendo has been exceedingly secretive about its upcoming hardware, NX. In that time, the company has released several consoles and portables and they've all been powered by Nintendo-developed software.Ī move to Android would have represented the first time Nintendo would have relied on Android to power its own hardware. Nintendo has been making game consoles for decades, dating back to the Nintendo Entertainment System's launch (as Famicom) in Japan in 1983. Nintendo's official statement on the matter ends what would have been a monumental shift for the company. That report cited people who claimed to have had knowledge of Nintendo's plans.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interview on Tuesday, a Nintendo spokesman said that Android will not power Nintendo's next gaming device, currently codenamed "NX." The statement follows a report from Japan-based Nikkei on Monday, claiming that the company was planning to use Google's operating system in the hardware. Nintendo's plans for new gaming hardware don't involve Google's Android platform, despite claims to the contrary. Nintendo's Wii U doesn't run Android, and its successor won't, either.
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