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Nintendo Switch Dev Kit Stats Leaked? Cortex A57, 4GB RAM, 32GB Storage, Multi-Touch.
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32GB storage is pathetic. External HDD won't help the handheld, and mainstream SDs are still 128-256-512.
A57?
I hope that'll be switched to a A72 or A73, die space needn't be that much bigger and they are nicer designs in terms of losses, leading to better battery life. Which is kind of a neat thing on a hand held device.
Otherwise *shrug*, if it has got good games I may be interested.
I hope that'll be switched to a A72 or A73, die space needn't be that much bigger and they are nicer designs in terms of losses, leading to better battery life. Which is kind of a neat thing on a hand held device.
Otherwise *shrug*, if it has got good games I may be interested.
4K video output, not 4K gaming necessarily.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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I hope these are false because this is a joke.
It's a definite step up compared to the Wii U, but more importantly, it's a massive improvement over the Vita and 3DS.
A57, Maxwell and that. Does it look real to you?
I hope these are false because this is a joke.
Discomurf
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expandable via SD card no? 512+32 seems pretty good for a handheld
Orniletter
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And risk having a significant portion of the library end up sub-native resolution, like the Vita ?720p screen?
My Moto G (1st gen!) from 2013 has a 720p screen!
My Nexus 7 (2nd gen) from 2013 has a 1080p screen!
They're now fitting 2k screens in phones...! A 1080p screen would have been best!
No, thank you. 720p on a 6 inch screen looks absolutely fine.
AcademicSaucer
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I hope they can get the key third party games with those specs (Call of Duty, Madden , Fifa, etc) , having NBA is a good sign tho
It's what the PS4 and Bone shipped with and the games shouldn't be any larger
Peter Ian Staker
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It's barely a step up from the Wii U if true and that's the important part.
Leatherface
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I bet docked will bump games to 1080P at least. 720P in mobile mode, which is fine IMO.
It's a handheld & they will be using tile based rendering
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Double the RAM & more CPU & GPU power will be plenty for Nintendo themselves & current 3DS & Vita developers. It'll be enough for a lot of Western PC/console developers as well - the ones that scale their games to run on a wide variety of hardware configurations. Yeah, you're not doing 4k gaming on any but the simplest games, but this should be way easier to port to than the Wii U was.
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And people said the Vita SDs were expensive.
SanDisk Extreme Pro 512GB SDXC UHS-I Card (SDSDXPA-512G-G46) - $289.98
Kingston 512GB SDXC 300X Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card B&H # KISDA10512GB MFR # SDA10/512GB- $199.95
NeOak
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Here are the
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Vita 64G: $100 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F27JGVA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
256GB SD Card: $80 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WWBCS1Y/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB SD Card: $22 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WWBCSG4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I mean, the same 64GB of space costs almost 5 times more for the Vita. What the Fuck are you smoking?
Not enough of a leap over the Wii-U. Plus this pretty much confirms we'll see very few 3rd party ports.
If anything, I hope it's outdated.
NormalFish
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Check the GB/$ ratio. You're getting 2gb or more per dollar there. For the vita, you're getting about half a GB per dollar. Not remotely the same.
PinkyMonkey
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NBA was also a Wii U launch game. Wii U also got all the other games you listed, only one entry each though.
Not all games are that big. Splatoon was under 5GB. It varies of course. Skyrim is 17GB on Xbox One, this one might be a bit less than that.
Plus with games in cards they could allow some space to store something, at least saves.
They go down in price with time, there are SD Cards of 1TB.
The biggest Vita memory was 64GB and it costs between $80 to $100. A 64GB SD cards costs under $20.
Vita doesn't use SD, they use a proprietary format. And do they even come in 512GB? Not to mention games won't be xb1/ps4 fidelity.
People asking for 1080p screen don't understand how resources work.
Make the pad with 1080p will take too much resources from the machine.
I'll rather have good quality graphics with decent frames instead of resolution.
If you want to compare it to mobile phone,then get a mobile phone,can the mobile gaming have all that first party support with with actual games?
Make the pad with 1080p will take too much resources from the machine.
I'll rather have good quality graphics with decent frames instead of resolution.
If you want to compare it to mobile phone,then get a mobile phone,can the mobile gaming have all that first party support with with actual games?
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Size of the game matters too, 32-64gb with games at most getting 4-6gb (max of what the carts can hold plus patches) vs games going 64gb+ (apparently the max NS carts can hold).
You're getting more GB per $ but that means nothing if the games go full size, in the end you can put less games.
Ah wow, I didn't know that. I had assumed Pascal was the only one compatible. Perhaps I am thinking of PlayReady 3.0
tauroxd
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Emily Rogers said it is 100% Region Free.
Ya this is a bog standard Jetson board. The NVidia report already claims custom, so this is at least outdated if not entirely false.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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They have all the major middleware companies on board right from the start which is a huge advantage over the Wii U for 3rd party support. And as several people here have said, these stats could easily be outdated (or not accurate).
NeOak
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Huh?
You got shot down at saying SD cards are more expensive than Vita cuz reasons.
Now you turn to NS card size?
lolwut
Take the L and move on.
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What L? If I want to put the same amount of full sized games I would need more than 1 cart to do it on the NS, so it is more expensive to me.
32GB internal for a console is shit and there's nothing anyone can say that will change that.
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Hilariously counter to the point you think you're making, the devices he listed cost $179 and $199 at their respective launch. Likely far less than Switch.
People want a portable PS4 but at $249. Even if Nintendo priced this at $349 it probably would be like the Wii U situation, where they would need to sell 1 piece of software for the hardware sale to be a profit for them. Nintendo isn't going to have mass production luxury like Apple where they know for a fact they will sell 100 million so part orders would be cheaper.
Could be legit for a dev kit of some kind. They specifically list a Jetson developer kit on the nvidia site for people to get up and running. I could imagine something like that being sent out while the hardware is being prepared. Can't see the final hardware will be the same though given Nvidia's comments.
PumpkinSpice
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Could you point out these 512GB Vita Memory Cards please? I kind of need a bigger one.
To use Timothy Lottes' famous flops/pixel metric:
PS4 is 29,629@1080p30
XBO is 30,328@900p30
TX1 is 18,518@720p30
So that's 61% the flops per pixel performance of the original XBO. That's if the NS GPU stays clocked at 1ghz.
NeOak
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If you buy the games in cards at the store, of course you will need more than one card because every comes in its own card.
You seem to be confused. First, you can get a 256GB SD card to download games. If you can manage to actually fill a 256GB, nice. Get a second one? If you have a Vita, you're already used to this.
Second, the Wii U supported two Hard drives, and you could move things between them. Nintendo will most likely allow you to install games in a hard drive that is connected to the dock and move it to a SD card to take it on the go, no?
It isn't a hard drive. Flash Memory costs. And we do not even know if it actually has built in memory or it will force you to have a SD card.
So don't get riled up over made up specs that are unconfirmed.
Not sure what your guys' entire argument is about but it is hilarious if you think phones cost that much without subsidizing the costs. Providers really have suckered people in.
Plinko
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First, subsidization.
Perhaps, perhaps not. There have been two separate rumors that Nintendo wanted to hit a surprisingly low pricepoint with this. MCV was the latest to report this, and that was when EG and Emily leaked this exact stuff.
Netherscourge
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NOW you've got my interest.
Switch card sizes will probably be like Bluray which are 25GB and 50GB dual layer. So 32GB or 64GB cards which retail for under $20 and will cost Nintendo considerably less, so the price per game won't go up.
As far as additional storage, the supposed intention is to have everything on the dock at home if you're all digital. So you'll probably slap some 1TB USB to it and just transfer a game or two to the internal memory or a few more to whatever SD Card you get.
White Wolf
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i wouldn't get your hopes up too much, 4k/30fps is most likely
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