OrbitalBeard
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I think they need to try really, really hard to hit $250 or less.
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Eurogamer: NX = portable w/ carts, detachable controllers, Tegra, TV Out, no BC, Sept
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I think they need to try really, really hard to hit $250 or less.
30yearsofhurt
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Maybe the dock uses phones as a cart port. Think of a TV plug in but using a phone as a mini TV display. The dock could be the console as a whole. A very fancy' high powered phonee case if you will.
I have a feeling the real design documents look like this.
Then play it as a console and never use it as a handheld? I never saw Nintendo going for PS4 levels as it's completely unrealistic.
This has been bothering me a lot. None of the mock ups, patents or fakes looked comfy to use and had dumb designs. I feel like i would just prefer a wireless controller.
Proelite
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+1 from me.
Pretty much.
I mean you have everyone begging for 4k experiences from MS and Sony side
While if it's Nintendo, they could go sub SD and people will be like "that's fine"
This is 2016, 1080p is dirt cheap and 4k you can have under $1000
Up scale on most TVs now and it will look like pure garbo
-Pyromaniac-
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I agree. 199 is the killer price point and 249 is the comfortable enough one.
Nope. I tried and ended up leaving everything but my phone and wallet at home... Maybe if I had a fannypack
Chubzdoomer
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I would chuckle at that if the Wii U wasn't such a catastrophic failure.
Hell yea, I almost always have my Vita and 3DS with me at all times.
Power consumption. 1080p will eat through the battery like it's nothing.
Chubzdoomer
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But this is a handheld
Hmm... can't argue with that!
Mikey Jr.
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Heh, that'd be hilarious.
Hmmm, not sure how anyone does that. I like being light. Phone, keys, wallet. On the verge of getting rid of my wallet at this point too.
The thought of carrying around a handheld that is probably vita 1.5x size is just really unappealing at this point in my life.
For Day to day anyways. Maybe if I was doing some long trip, I'd be more inclined.
seemed fine last gen on 360
I'd personally be down to pay up to $300, but yeah, I agree. The mass market won't give this the time of day if it's over $250.
OrbitalBeard
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Maybe. It's going to be more powerful than Wii U, after all.
forknknife
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But how can zelda fit into a small cartridge? I really don't like the idea of cartridges, I'd rather have swappable hdd's.
Proelite
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Latest Tegra x1 on the market is 2-4x faster than WiiU. The next gen Tegra x2 will be 4-8x faster.
GhostTrick
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Devilgunman
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I don't think Nintendo give a fuck about resolution. If the system can project pictures on the screen, then it's good enough. Nintendo don't have much choices here. They can't abandon their handheld market and they also can't cramp the high-end console hardware into the handheld. They need to give up one thing to benefit the other.
There are microSD cards that would fit on the tip of your finger that hold 128GB of storage.
OrbitalBeard
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The majority of Nintendo's Wii U games are under 10 gigs and according to EG, these cartridges could end up as large as 32 gigs. Wii U discs were 25 gigs each.
The Last One
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Lmao
Calm down, dude. And I'll be waiting for you at the Nintendo World store when this thing eventually launches
J/k
outunderthestars
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You are kidding right? Why would you want hdd's in a portable system?
Also, I think microsd cards go up to 512GB at this point....
Jon Carter
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I saw it, it's partly what prompted me to post. Sorry, I think it looks awful. We're supposed to be playing on a TV with these controllers. Nintendo will not come to market with something that looks like that.
There are even 200GB micro SD cards now. It's really crazy.
Depends on which Tegra...
Can't be the second one unless it's not going to be a portable.
down 2 orth
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This might be a ridiculous thought, but is it possible that this device might have every function that a regular smartphone has, and essentially be a high powered smartphone with a cartridge slot and attachable gaming pad+buttons?
Not the rumoured X1. That's nearly 3x Wii U GPU power.
forknknife
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I hate taking my 3ds with all the cartridges, it's so easy to lose one accidentally. Id rather have a hdd where i can keep the 5 to 10 games i want to use on a trip in one single cart without the need to swap. Of course more hdds only for those that don't wanna bother deleting and copying again their games all the time. Basically, I'd rather they go all digital.
Kingpin Rogers
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So as someone who does not intend to use this as a handheld I'm feeling pretty disappointed atm. Right now all I can view this as is a gimped home console. Hopefully they'll release a proper home console alongside this but I doubt it.
Cow Mengde
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People also forget Nintendo tend to increase cart size as the generation moves along.
James Scott
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Yeah, 32 is considerably bigger than Wii U's biggest game (around 10GB more)
Not sure if that's enough for 3rd parties, but it's pretty big and you don't have to install games
Not sure if that's enough for 3rd parties, but it's pretty big and you don't have to install games
That seems pretty crazy for a handheld. And I recall Miyamoto and LCGeek talking about improving the CPU as well
dcx4610
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I'm pretty shocked at how far Flash Memory prices have fallen. One reason Sony beat Nintendo with the PlayStation is it literally cost pennies to make discs and then the devs made a healthy profit on the game itself.
It looks like a good brand 32GB card is going for around $10. I'd imagine Nintendo will have a deal to get that price to $3 or less. Devs might take a small hit in profit but they'll gain the fact that they are selling a product on both a mobile and console device at the same time.
I'm not sold on the NX yet but I don't think it's a bad idea at least. Nintendo clearly doesn't seem to care about competing directly with Sony and Microsoft in power so this is probably the best alternative.
It looks like a good brand 32GB card is going for around $10. I'd imagine Nintendo will have a deal to get that price to $3 or less. Devs might take a small hit in profit but they'll gain the fact that they are selling a product on both a mobile and console device at the same time.
I'm not sold on the NX yet but I don't think it's a bad idea at least. Nintendo clearly doesn't seem to care about competing directly with Sony and Microsoft in power so this is probably the best alternative.
I think that's moot in the long run. If there is a home console variant, I see it similarly spec'd. But I see every game working across all their hardware types.
I have a 128 in my camera
This goes against everything we've heard so far. Nintendo explicitly said it wasn't a hybrid, and instead claimed it would be a unified platform only in the sense of software- a common OS that would bridge different devices like Android or iOS. Iwata even mentioned a "third pillar" being possible, implying that there would still be two devices.
If this is true then it's actually great news for the handheld side of things. A much more powerful system with the ability to connect to the TV... but it would also mean that Nintendo isn't releasing a home console at all... Just an evolved version of a gameboy player. I do most of my gaming at home, even on a handheld, and would much rather have a competent home system. Pretty bummed out about this news, but it conflicts with too much to accept it as truth yet.
That right fucking paddle better have an IR camera in it. Bring it back, Nintendo.
If this is true then it's actually great news for the handheld side of things. A much more powerful system with the ability to connect to the TV... but it would also mean that Nintendo isn't releasing a home console at all... Just an evolved version of a gameboy player. I do most of my gaming at home, even on a handheld, and would much rather have a competent home system. Pretty bummed out about this news, but it conflicts with too much to accept it as truth yet.
That right fucking paddle better have an IR camera in it. Bring it back, Nintendo.
So now we'll actually get a console based main series Pokemon game heh.
Its a mock-up to show how it may work and not how it may look..
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