Not the case. This Tegra chip should be significantly more powerful than a Wii U.
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Eurogamer: NX = portable w/ carts, detachable controllers, Tegra, TV Out, no BC, Sept
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Not the case. This Tegra chip should be significantly more powerful than a Wii U.
It honestly does not make sense for the North American market. No one will bother carrying a large portable device with them when they have their phone. And it will undoubtedly be severely underpowered as a home console, which means they lose what few customers they still had in that market as well.
Not confusing enough. It will be WiiUgo
Diprosalic
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not necessarily, those tegras are no joke and the wiiu is not that powerful, the Tegra K outperforms an XB360 easily and that's the old model.
the WiiU has pretty old HW.
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StereoVsn
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Huh, how is SE doing DQ 11 on it as well?
What's the point of buying another Nintendo portable when everybody already has a smartphone?
The NX is a solution to a question that nobody is asking.
maniac-kun
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Detachable controllers? Sounds like Wii Mote like tech.
Sir_Crocodile
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Absolutely not for a portable device. I don't want to be worried about how much hard disk space I have left on it. Doubtless it will have space for an sdxc/ufs card so you can buy games from the eshop, but the physical option is still needed.
Cow Mengde
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Colossal Wii.
And_Gignac
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Which means unnecessary complications that further alienates them from the market.
Nnnn I am having a meltdown over this.
The portable will be Wii U 2 : Go and the dock is Wii U 2 : Home
It's easily possible technically. I'm saying that there is no way Nintendo wants to do that.
Stone Ocean
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$300~350 is my guess. Which ain't too bad provided it has decent storage space.
playstation tv?
Vampirolol
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So digital foundry hypotizes that the Tegra may even be an X2, I'm I reading right?
REALLY?
so somewhat like this then I guess.
I very much think the controllers are likely motion enabled and kept separate in the hands, like two wireless nunchucks / wii remotes with buttons and sticks.
They did and they did pretty good that gen considering nobody was going to catch the PS2 at the time. I think Nintendo messed up with going the direction they did the with the Wii. It was a great concept and if it had the power to keep up with Sony and MS, they could have had success with the Wii U. Now they're stuck having to be different since Sony and MS have a monopoly on the high end systems.
You clearly have put a lot of thought in to this
You're not going to run a handheld at a TDP of 20W. This is almost certainly downclocked while mobile.
There are power and thermal constraints to be taken into account.
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$250. Worked for the Wii. Seems reasonable for the specs. 3DS bombed at launch at that price, but this can be different if marketed right since it's a portable and a console. They can really play up the play anywhere angle, not needing two Nintendo devices to game on the go and at home anymore, all Nintendo games in one place etc.
X1 is capable of 1TFLOP. With low level access rather than how its used in Sheild it could be a lot more pokey than it seems on paper.
Not to mention that there's no confirmation its going to use X1. There's a rumour floating that the devkit is actively cooled, implying they are expecting something slightly more beefy under the hood in the final revision. X2 is a real possibility...
Obscuritas
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It wasn't even a rumor. Just fan fiction. Maybe they will do it , everything is possible in this world ( Shenmue 3 say hello ) but for now yeah...
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Im talking about the concept. Remove yourself
Yes, but that is pure speculation.
Graphics Horse
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What if the controller part's a U shape like that exercise controller patent?
So far this doesn't make me more or less excited.
Not doing the same mistake of assuming that Nintendo will get their ass out of the cave and make an account system I can be in charge of and region free.
But other than that? Seems like nothing yet. I just don't feel it. First time I just don't feel it.
I had a soft piece of cloth, cleaning cloth even, with me and always tucked it in between the screens. Annoying but it works.
Not doing the same mistake of assuming that Nintendo will get their ass out of the cave and make an account system I can be in charge of and region free.
But other than that? Seems like nothing yet. I just don't feel it. First time I just don't feel it.
I had a soft piece of cloth, cleaning cloth even, with me and always tucked it in between the screens. Annoying but it works.
That's an interesting look at it.
HerjansEagleFeeder
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ARM+Nvidia sounds like it's going to support backwards- and forward compatibility in the future. No more generations for Nintendo as well, then. I hope they don't continue tieing the hardware to your account (wouldn't make much sense in this case).
Herbspiceguy
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Would be great if they're going for 2 SKU's:
Casual, basic, affordable SKU; standard base unit
Premium gamer SKU: base unit able upgrade performance/graphics when connected
Casual, basic, affordable SKU; standard base unit
Premium gamer SKU: base unit able upgrade performance/graphics when connected
Cow Mengde
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Did you read this thread? Tegra X1 is already more powerful than the Wii U. We're speculating it's a custom version of the next Tegra, the X2.
Stone Ocean
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Probably the third one, makes the most sense for a hybrid product to showcase how hybrid it is.
ultrazilla
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Disagree with everyone saying it will not be "backwards" compatible with the Wii U.
It will in a sense. You'll get those games digitally from the eshop and will able to play them on NX(crazy if they don't do this). Also, someone mentioned that this system could be backwards compatible with the 3DS. I agree with this. I think they'll announce the system as backwards compatible with the 3DS(you may not get the 3D but you'll still be able to play the games). 3DS could be cartridge or digital download. Thoughts?
It will in a sense. You'll get those games digitally from the eshop and will able to play them on NX(crazy if they don't do this). Also, someone mentioned that this system could be backwards compatible with the 3DS. I agree with this. I think they'll announce the system as backwards compatible with the 3DS(you may not get the 3D but you'll still be able to play the games). 3DS could be cartridge or digital download. Thoughts?
You might wanna read the EG article or at least some post in this thread. Even the Tegra X1 vastly outperforms WiiU and the best looking WiiU games are anything but underwhelming.
People act as if Tegra means iPhone 3G Doddle Jump graphics lol
I can see 3DS BC happening, no way it will be able to emulate WiiU though. Would just be way too much effort - especially if they are planning to port the bigger WiiU games over to NX anyway.
Shin Johnpv
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So disappointing. This is exactly what I didn't want from the next Nintendo hardware. I just see this thing costing too much to attract the handheld market, and too underpowered to pull in console gamers. Plus Tegra, UGH really.
I don't mind different, I wish consoles had more unique identities than they do now, but not like this. A hybrid was the worst possible thing Nintendo could have made. I can't see this selling more than Wii U let alone getting near 3DS numbers.
I don't mind different, I wish consoles had more unique identities than they do now, but not like this. A hybrid was the worst possible thing Nintendo could have made. I can't see this selling more than Wii U let alone getting near 3DS numbers.
if you read the thread you can learn that the tegra is more powerful than wii u, like 3 times
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