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[Lucifon]

This is awesome, and has a tonne of potential. The K1 is surprisingly powerful especially if you're creating and optimising games especially for it. That said, it's not as powerful as an X1 or PS4, by quite a margin.

Do we have any idea if the 'dock' adds any extra power?

Edit - wait, do people think this is the next-gen Tegra? I haven't heard much about it and with an early next year launch that might be a push. Possible though! Very exciting stuff.

 

[Piccoro]

In plain sight..

All you hybrid naysayers.. take the L!

I hope that we can play SNES StarFox, like he plays in that movie...

 

[ElTorro]

I like the idea of a hybrid. Nintendo is pretty much the only company left that is keeping handheld gaming alive, unless you want to count games non phones with controller cases.

 

[Rösti]

A basic press release from Nintendo will hopefully follow shortly.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

What can we expect from the new generation of Tegra? Like... how is it comparable to the Wii U? I can't imagine a portable console being a step forward graphically.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Nintendo would never be able to compete at that level any more. This is the right business move for them.


Confirmed by OsirisBlack. A Tegra X2 could handle it quite well, one would think, and the devkits seem to indicate that will be the chip.

It's not a generational leap. It's not going to get 'easy' ports of XB1 and PS4 games if the games you're talking about is stuff like The Witcher 3 or Battlefield 1. I'll gladly eat crow though.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Sounds like Ninty knows where their bread is buttered

 

[Zareka]

I'm a bit worried about it not being very powerful because handheld

but I'm thinking about it and I already have a PS4 right? This'll be cool to have instead of just a PS4/Xbone but Nintendo. The more I think about it the more I warm up to it.

 

[Interfectum]

Since I'm having a kid soon this is great news. I'll be playing Zelda in the restroom for hours.

 

[Atheerios]

I'm off to work, just wanted to mention I sealed enveloped this information with a few GAFers a while ago. If they want to come forward, that's up to them.

So this is 100% true?

 

[Kouriozan]

Well, if It's a portable that can run Zelda BotW, that may be enough for me.

I need to see.

Yes, part of why I'm kinda interested.
Hope the design will be good.

 

[ZeroX03]

My guess was roughly a 540p portable that docks, and the dock has additional power and outputs a native 1080p.

I'm not sure how this bodes for third party ports, I feel to make those viable the console mode needs to be roughly as powerful as a PS4 and easy to port for as well as having an efficient downscaling/low power mode for handheld that requires little to no extra coding or optimization.

Unlike the Wii U/PS3/360 port situation, PS4/XB1 level games will be supported for years to come because not everyone will jump to Neo/Scorpio. I expect the NX to be the weakest system, but they could have their cake and eat it too if this is pulled off perfectly.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Yep. Been saying for the longest time that this is Nintendo's only option going forward. They're dead in the traditional home console space.

They needed to leverage their monopoly in the portable arena to keep a foot in the door of home consoles. This thing will be awesome.

We were ridiculed :')

*vindicated*

 

[Rezae]

I am 100% on board with this if true. Would actually be my ideal scenario for them and it's one that makes the most sense for Nintendo IMO at this time.

 

[massoluk]

You people getting bummed over this news, instead of getting excited about portable Zelda BotW -_-

 

[Asd202]

not if it does well

Not really Wii did well and was left behind it's just going to happen with Western developers too big of a bottleneck going forward. Japan will probably stay with the handheld output.

 

[Stevey]

So it will run games on the res of the handheld and 1080 on the TV?
One of those is going to look shit

 

[Durante]

I like the idea of a hybrid. Nintendo is pretty much the only company left that is keeping handheld gaming alive, unless you want to count games non phones with controller cases.

Nintendo... and GPD

 

[AfroDust]

Hate this idea. I'm out.

 

[GasProblem]

All Nintendo teams working on 1 SKU. That's dozens of games per year. I'm fucking in.

Yeah, all of Nintendo's efforts combined into one platform will make the likely absence of third parties less of a blow to me.

 

[YianGaruga]

EDIT: I think that's wrong

 

[Plinko]

Don't discount the fact that Nntendo reupped the patent for the SCD, meaning they could potentially release boxes that increase the power for connection with TV.

So it will run games on the res of the handheld and 1080 on the TV?
One of those is going to look shit

Not if scaled properly.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Well still hope it's at least comparable to Xbox One.
Though they have my purchase if snake is back in smash.

 

[Charles Brandon]

Can't get over the love for this. This is a terrible idea. Terrible. No one in the real world wants some huge-arse mobile console. This is going to a disaster.

MARK. MY. WORDS.

 

[tapedeck]

I don't own a handheld console right now so that's cool I guess. As a home console though this thing is gonna be very weak by 2017 standards..I hope it doesn't hold back AAA Nintendo titles.

 

[Spinluck]

I think for a product like this industrial design is incredibly important. I hope they do well on that front.

An X1 is more powerful than a Wii U.
It's not what you would call a generational gap though.

(Of course, this depends on the actual clock rate(s) of a given device)

Took me a while to realize you meant the X1 chip and not the Xbox 1 lol.

Well, I guess it's time to wait for Nintendo to announce it. By then, I feel like everything will leak though so they better hurry.

 

[Maniac]

This will be interesting.

Aye. It really will be. I'm gonna need popcorn.

 

[thefro]

We'll have to see what the Tegra chip is exactly, but with the reporting I doubt it's a stock X1.

Also, remember NVidia has GeForce Now (which is quite a bit better than Sony's solution according to reviews) which could allow people to stream third party games in 1080p at 60 FPS. Seems like a "Nintendo-like" solution to me.

It's obviously going to be a powerful portable system.

 

[jmaine_ph]

So we talking hardware less powerful than the PS4 and Xbox One?

 

[Aldric]

Not interested at all if that's really what NX is. What level of graphical performance are we even talking about here?

 

[Krabboss]

As a person who owns a perfectly capable PC, this is my preference. I'd much rather have something I can play at my computer desk or in bed. I don't really care if the graphics don't compete with PS4 and XB1.

 

[Jim_Cacher]

Meaning that I can finally play Fire Emblem on a TV.

DAY ONE

 

[Ydelnae]

I like the idea, but I feel like the detachable controllers are going to get in the way of an ergonomic design and fuctional controller design. I feel like it would be better if the controller for the TV setup came separately and you just connected it whenever you are home. Otherwise, I feel like this is going to be a pretty big handheld.

 

[Oddduck]

I've my doubts about it.
- Those chips can't run xbox1 games on the same level/

Read her article again.

"Numerous sources tell me that NX is much closer to Xbox One than PlayStation 4. Even that might be stretching it a tiny bit."

She was skeptical of it ever reaching XB1 levels of power.

 

[DrROBschiz]

The ultimate second systemto a ps4 and future handheld covered all in one


Sounds like a dream to me

Now we need the rest of the details

 

[TheDinoman]

This sounds awesome.

Such a terrible idea. Really dumb in terms of hardware choice, hope they'll show some good things to convince people, because this will be hard.

 

[Kintor]

I said this before, but I feel like even if Nintendo made a super powerful super third party friendly machine, developers still wouldn't support it.

That's probably true, Nintendo has burnt so many bridges that they've essentially alienated most third-party developers already. Yet that's not reason for Nintendo to make things even more difficult for themselves. If the NX is really another underpowered console then anyone even vaguely interested in developing games for the system is going to think twice about it.

 

[Milly Osworth]

After giving it some thought: not a fan.

I dont do handheld gaming, so now I have to pay for a screen and handheld tech which I have no use for. 😑

 

[Joelstinton14]

Sound promising. Look forward to seeing/hearing more in the coming months. I know some will be disappointed with not being high powered, but it's all about the games for me, so a Nintendo machine with a consolidated game library. I'm all good.

Be interesting to see if the Home unit is basically the supplemental device patent in action.

 

[Somnid]

Huh, I don't know what to make of this yet. It sounds very risky as it's probably not going to hit either market as well as a dedicated machine. An X1+ machine is not going to satisfy the consolites but on a portable would be crazy powerful. Hopefully they can maintain the battery, I'm guessing it might run at a lower clock off the dock?

 

[KingSnake]

I like what I read in the articles. Especially the DF take on it. A powerful handheld with all Nintendo games that also connects to TV sounds delicious.

I also enjoy very much the disappointment of those unjustifiably aroused by an unannounced NX.

 

[Fourth Storm]

For the controller, I am thinking one circle pad or stick on each side and four face buttons underneath. Symmetrical and I guess the dpad on the left would be replaced w/ the buttons.

 

[mikeyvids]

I hope they stick with the clamshell design and 3D screen. I feel like they've perfected the technology that it would be a shame to exclude it from the next handheld.

 

[jdmonmou]

No backwards compatibility is a bummer, but my Wii U library isn't that big anyway.

 

[Trago]

The big takeaway for me is if Nintendo will opt for the Pascal Tegra for thew NX, I think they will considering Nvidia are supposed to unveil the thing pretty soon.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

It's bad move for Nintendo to once again offer hardware with less power then their competitors. By using a Tegra chip the NX will be less powerful then the PS4 and Xbox One, to say nothing of the PS4 NEO and the Xbox Scorpio. At this rate Nintendo will never get decent third-party support ever again.

NX won't be competing with Neo or Scorpion.

It'll be competing with phones.

 

[Narroo]

So basically, it's a handheld with the PSP's AV out port, and a second controller?

So, basically it's a PSP with a second controller?

 

[Laughing Banana]

Portable Zelda :OOOOOO

 

[Eylos]

good i was expecting this mix i liked it

but the downside is probably wiiu graphic levels?

 

[Kouriozan]

A basic press release from Nintendo will hopefully follow shortly.

I hope, they need to reveal a bit more info about it now.