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The NX Prediction / BSpeculation / Fanxiety Thread

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Leatherface

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I believe. :eek:

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ASIS

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>End of RDR2 trailer
>"C'mon boy, let's go"
>Rides into the distance as camera pans back
>Title appears on unfamiliar screen
>Controllers click into both sides, clearly labeled with Duo logo
>For PS4, Xbox One, PC
>And Nintendo Duo

I kind of hope it has a crazy name like the Wii. Duo sounds too conventional IMO.
This is the girl (or guy) you guys are defending, she is full of herself.

she has been smeared through the mud today. She earned the right to tell her critics to piss off if she's right.
 

Manoko

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One thing I've realised about VR since owning a DK2 and now a PSVR is that often games with simpler geometry work better in VR then games that are trying to push too much detail.

I think Nintendos art style and simpler geometry would be a great fit for VR.

That's a great point.

However, even that simple geometry, rendered two times, at a not so bad resolution (720p+) is very demanding.
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
And what happens if Emily backtracks before Friday? Close the thread and ban her rumors immediately?

I think I'd probably just assess her on the original rumor regardless.

My thought process is that, assuming nothing happens, four or five different people would end up impaling themselves on their own spears, and then on Saturday or Sunday, a financial paper or something is likely to post a lead-in to Nintendo's call, and those threads will be explicitly not discussing the sources that impaled themselves.

Barring that, if you want a thread that's more about doing something like discussing what types of games you'd like to see on the system or whatever instead of a thread around bad rumors, you could have that instead.
 

BuggyMike

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if it comes to that, it would probably be good to explain why only Emily Rogers' and not other twitter accounts that posted similar rumors.

EDIT: other than that, perfect course of action honestly, let's see what happens


Uhh maybe because she's the one who not only doubled down but trippled down on there being news this week.
 
>End of RDR2 trailer
>"C'mon boy, let's go"
>Rides into the distance as camera pans back
>Title appears on unfamiliar screen
>Controllers click into both sides, clearly labeled with Duo logo
>For PS4, Xbox One, PC
>And Nintendo Duo

I think that's when GAF-members would collectivly loose their minds.
 

Genio88

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I'd love to be proven wrong.

What games have you played on mobile VR that have left you amazed ?
Serious question, I'm curious.

I actually tried VR games on phone, perhaps it was due to the headset which was just a generic one, or my only 1080p phone display resolution, but the results were really bad, bad image quality, almost 0 immersion or feeling to be there...i threw that thing away, perhaps Samsung Gear VR is different and better, it must be actually since it costs 10 times the other generic headsets and require latest Samsung Galaxy phones...
But really with a 720p screen resolution and with the thickness NX should have...i'm 99% sure it won't support VR, at least not the way phones do
 

AmyS

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I just wanna say, lets see more of those pointers in the NX reveal, Nintendo, like the late 1988 Super Famicom reveal !!

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And... DragonFly NX (aka Pilotwings NX).

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THX!
 

Platy

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>End of RDR2 trailer
>"C'mon boy, let's go"
>Rides into the distance as camera pans back
>Title appears on unfamiliar screen
>Controllers click into both sides, clearly labeled with Duo logo
>For PS4, Xbox One, PC
>And Nintendo Duo

HOLY SHIT A PC VERSION =O
 

cyberheater

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That's a great point.

However, even that simple geometry, rendered two times, at a not so bad resolution (720p+) is very demanding.

If the rumours of around PS4 performance is true with a modern GPU it might be possible.
I really hope so.
 
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Deleted member 465307

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You need 90+ fps in VR to not have a really bad experience using it.

Do you really think Tegra X1/X2 is able to push 90+fps on a AAA game at 720-1080p on two screens at once ?

That's not happening, trust me.
Just look at how beefy a computer needs to be to drive VR nowadays. Unless Nintendo is planning on incorporating foveated rendering (which I really doubt), they need very strong hardware to be meaningful in the VR scene.

Any reason the games have to be AAA or "meaningful"? As was pointed out, mobile VR exists. Something like Pokémon Snap 2 could be a good candidate for Nintendo VR.
 

maxcriden

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I'm still curious about that. He said someone "confirmed" the 3D printed controller to him, using "confirmed" in quotes. It could be a similar situation to the Gameinformer (?) editor who heard there might be portions that are touch screen only, which the EG rumor has also reported.

This is all off topic though.

I still think that all of the insiders who confirmed that had it mistaken with the description of the NX unit without the controllers attached.

I agree with both of you.
 

Manoko

Member
If the rumours of around PS4 performance is true with a modern GPU it might be possible.
I really hope so.

Yeah, but you won't get a handheld that is near-PS4 level.

Unless you want something with very bad battery life, very bulky and hot as the sun.

I'm still thinking the main console for the NX ecosystem is the home console 10k has been hinting at.
 

Oersted

Member
I kind of hope it has a crazy name like the Wii. Duo sounds too conventional IMO.


she has been smeared through the mud today. She earned the right to tell her critics to piss off if she's right.

Deus Ex Machina. Make it so.


I'm still hopeful at least. They gave us ManHunt on the Wii of all things.


I wouldn't count no hints as confirmation or deconfirmation.
 

Manoko

Member
Any reason the games have to be AAA or "meaningful"? As was pointed out, mobile VR exists. Something like Pokémon Snap 2 could be a good candidate for Nintendo VR.

I'd imagine that if you want to implement VR on your machine, it would be a big selling point and not be restricted to smaller experiences/very particular games.

But maybe I'm wrong.
 

cyberheater

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I actually tried VR games on phone, perhaps it was due to the headset which was just a generic one,

Yeah. Your shitty experience was due to your shitty HMD.

PSVR and DK2 are both 1080p and both provide a great experience.
 
Maybe I end up being wrong, but I feel like one of the big reasons Nintendo has waited so long is so when they reveal this thing they can show like three or four killer first-party games it'll launch with and have a clear and concise message for the system. They want to get people as excited as ever right off the bat, as opposed to the relative confusion that was the Wii U reveal.
 
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