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IGN - Ubisoft says NX interface is attractive & easy to use, Nintendo has learned from Wii U

by rawmeatcowboy
22 September 2016
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Coming from an IGN interview with Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot...

"I think, once again, the interface is very attractive. It's a machine that will be easy to use for all gamers. They have built in something that will give us chance to really have a different experience from what exists today. That's what I like - that they come with something new that is adapted to what we actually want now."

Guillemot was asked if the NX is a step back towards the Wii's more inclusive approach, to which he answered...

"It's difficult to answer that [before NX is revealed]. What we see is that Nintendo has learned from the Wii U. All publishers learn from what they do, and then come with something new and more attractive, which I think is the case here.

We always take disruptions on the positive side. We think each time that it's an opportunity for our creators to take more risk. When a machine is installed, there are a certain number of brands that are taking up the time of players, so they are going to buy the next Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty. Even if they say, 'I'm interested in what you're doing,' at the end of the day they first buy what they know, and then they go somewhere else.

When they change machines, they consider that it's better to try actually what has been done for that machine, so it gives us an opportunity to either totally change an IP that we have done before, or to create new experiences and new IPs."

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