Nintendo’s NX could be the Wii of augmented and virtual reality, predicts one analyst

Nintendo has already promised fans that it’s working on its next dedicated gaming hardware, but we know nothing about it. But that hasn’t stopped an advisory group from making a bold prediction based on Nintendo’s history, public statements, and market position.

Digi-Capital, a firm that provides data and insight to gaming companies and more, thinks that the Japanese video game publisher may end up revealing that the NX is a way to tackle the augmented reality and virtual reality space in a “Nintendo-like” way. In a post on its blog, Digi-Capital provides a lengthy, compelling reasoning to back up its prediction, but the crux of its argument is that it expects the AR/VR sector to rapidly grow to the size of $150 billion by 2020. With with companies like Facebook and Valve taking on this space, this kind of money means bringing onboard a much wider market than traditional gamers — kinda like the Wii did.