We had PSVita already (at least the two people that bought it had it).
This looks like PSVita by N
This looks like PSVita by N
If it uses Tegra X2 with a Pascal iGPU, then it might be anywhere from 150-300 times faster than the 3DS (which would also make it somewhere between 50% and 100% the speed of the current XBONE and PS4)
It really depends on what NVidia does with the Parker tegra. Hypothetically, with 512 shaders at 1 GHz it should be able to somewhat match XOne's GPU. Seeing how the 16nm process plays well with high clockspeeds, NVidia might even be able to clock it at 1.2-1.3 GHz which would position it between X1 and PS4.
We had PSVita already (at least the two people that bought it had it).
This looks like PSVita by N
There's an additional wrinkle to the story too, albeit one we should treat with caution as it is single-source in nature with a lot of additional speculation on our part. This relates to the idea that the Tegra X1 in the NX development hardware is apparently actively cooled, with audible fan noise. With that in mind, we can't help but wonder whether X1 is the final hardware we'll see in the NX. Could it actually be a placeholder for Tegra X2? It's a new mobile processor Nvidia has in its arsenal and what's surprising about it is how little we actually know about it.
The WiiU is universally considered to be a failure. They aren't even making them anymore.
Devs abandoned the WiiU because of its low sales, and it being difficult to port to.
The NX may be "not hard" to develop for ground up games intended for it. But porting stuff to it will not be nearly as easy as porting between PS4/XboxOne/PC.
Yeah ok. WiiU is universally considered a failure. Tell that to my kids who have a floor to ceiling stack (literally) of WiiU games.
Where do you guys get these sweeping generalizations that when you feel something, everybody must. "Universally"..
This is what I don't get: Nintendo's biggest success lately is the DS series and 3DS. They already have a good hand-held console. Why the focus to make the NX another hand-held?
Given this logic, wouldn't it make more sense to just sell mobile games for iOS and Android and save the whole hardware development costs?
I don't see the strategy working. Pokemon Go works because you don't need any extra gear. You have your smartphone with you anyway. This can't be said for a handheld. What can a handled possibly offer over running the same software on a smartphone? Better Graphics? Well you just said graphics aren't important...What else? I can only think of saving of smartphones battery at the cost of carrying around a second device.
I don't see this working. There is a small market yes, but a small one.
I guess the sentiment here is mostly the same, it's too bad Nintendo is going low powered gimmick again. AAA titles will be skipping this platform, again.
I mean if they wanted gimmick, they could have gone with ARM for the handheld controller and a beefier console itself. That would at least attract devs to port over their games to that platform, while adding some extra unique gimmicks due to the handheld, to give gamers a bonus for owning the NX.
You are thinking too much about yourself. Think about children.
Pokemon Go is a great way to entertain your kids, but then they want your phone all the time. You would just get them a phone, but you are the only parent in the class that thinks an 8 year old is too young for a smartphone.
So Nintendo rolls out what is basically a gaming mobile device which you can give your kids instead of giving them yours (or their own) smartphone. Plus you as a parent can trust that Nintendo's app store won't have freemium crap or mature games. It's basically "My first smartphone."
The only way Nintendo can screw it up if if they go wifi only, as the magic of games like Pokemon Go need a data connection. Hopefully Nintendo will cut a deal with ATT or someone for a service plan.
Nintendo doesn't have control of those platforms. They are control freaks (remember the seal of quality?).
You are thinking too much about yourself. Think about children.
Pokemon Go is a great way to entertain your kids, but then they want your phone all the time. You would just get them a phone, but you are the only parent in the class that thinks an 8 year old is too young for a smartphone.
So Nintendo rolls out what is basically a gaming mobile device which you can give your kids instead of giving them yours (or their own) smartphone. Plus you as a parent can trust that Nintendo's app store won't have freemium crap or mature games. It's basically "My first smartphone."
The only way Nintendo can screw it up if if they go wifi only, as the magic of games like Pokemon Go need a data connection. Hopefully Nintendo will cut a deal with ATT or someone for a service plan.
You're not getting it. The 3DS already does this.
You're not getting it. The 3DS already does this. The decision again to go half ass into mobile and half ass into a console just reeks of desperation. Look at the Wii and WiiU sales http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/27/12294550/nintendo-earnings-q1-2016-wii-u-3ds
It's embarrassing what the company has become. If they wanted to make a portable cellphone, sure, why not? If they wanted to make another 3DS, go for it. The in between is another terrible decision.
Maybe it's just the people around me, but most parents I know with kids in that age, all have iPads/iPods/tablets specially for them. It's where they install all those games ,where they Facetime with Grandpa and where they use YT on their own ...
Booo. The Wii U may not have been a sales success, but there's still a niche following for the system, and the 3DS is indisputably a success.
And pointing to Sega as a model of what happens when a console maker goes third part is, um...not encouraging.
Actually it might be genius. To have console and mobile working 100% interchangeably, in the same ecosystem. Fully synchronized so maybe you hunt pokemon outside, bring home your "DS", syncs automagically with console for big screen international connectivity and battling.
And embarrassing? Really? Ok.
Thought Wii U was Nintendo's worst selling console.
The software graph is the important one because that's where they really make their money.
Plus as I said they can make cross platform games (like games that are also on iOS or Android) but make it so special features are only on the NX version of the game. Imagine if they had that today, and the NX Pokemon Go could capture better/different monsters than the iOS version. Millions of ten year olds would be saying "I don't want this old iPad anymore, I want the iPad with the good Pokemon mommy!" It would sell like crazy.