So you think that NX is both a system and a platform, and not just a single console?
I think it's the most likely Theory to be correct yes. There are a ton of quotes that support this theory.
If that really is the case then it's simple, NX game would be built for the lowest common factor, the handheld device, and will be scaled up according on different hardware it runs on, just like a PC game. A 3DS port is most likely with this scenario.
Your second sentence does not necessarily follow the first one. Since it's extremely likely that NX will be changing architectures, I think that Nintendo will develop it's new software platform around the new architecture while the 3DS BC hardware (if it exists), will not be able to access or allow such a platform. Some speculate that the platform will work just like apple iOS where you've got apps for both iPhone and iPad devices.
About BC, it can be done without a dedicated chip through emulation. I explained this in my previous post.
At this point you are again already doing considerable much more work than just porting the UE4 version. EVEN if Nintendo provided SoftBC, I very much doubt that SE would let the opportunity to release UE4 version in the NX.
My final say in this conversation, if NX really is a platform (run on one or multiple hardware) and that Nintendo intends for it to be the only platform they support, NX game will most likely be something that can run on a mobile device because handheld console is their strongest market.
True, but this is irrelevant to what build we are getting. We could as easily get UE4 build that will scale down in a portable. Or it could be exclusive to the console. Or exclusive to the handheld.
I think it's too early to say anything with sureness but to think that the possibility of DQNXI being a cross-handheld port is just much lower than being an UE4 port.
We are all making assumptions. You are just making a couple more than everybody else
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I'm not what it is, that's for sure. Nintendo decided call NX a platform, then they say it will be a game system. I think NX is ultimately a shared architecture for handheld and home console, what I fail to understand is how will they make them both comparable (power wise), in order to run the same games. That's why speculating that they probably will hit the max power they can in a handheld and from there they will build the home console.
Probably the same way iOS/Android does it:
- Some apps that are handheld only
- Some apps that are console only
- Some apps will be available on both devices.
The main principal point of making NX a platform would not to have a shared-library PER SE, but to let devs employ their resources much more efficiently by requiring ONE area of expertise for the platforms, increasing flexibility. The bona fide example of how this became a problem, is Smash4, where smash43DS and smash4WiiU are completely different builds from the ground up, which means having to use completely different coders and designers.