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NVIDIA frustrated by Nintendo, is Working On Brand New SOC For Gaming Handhelds & Consoles
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Woopah
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Why would that be disappointing?
BattleScar
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This is a hilarious argument when you consider that Ferrari made the V6 currently used in the Alpha Romeo Quadrifogilo cars.
You do what you need to do to make money. Any money.
jm89
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Dr. Wilkinson
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3DS and Wii U both sold way below expectations and Nintendo had to essentially give 3DS mouth-to-mouth just to limp to 70 million sold over 9 years.
No one would ever say GBA was a miss. 80 million sold in like 4 years, and it made Nintendo tons of money during the weak GameCube years.
Zannegan
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Hardware specs, 3rd party games, and even entire Directs leak all the time, so I can see why people might take those rumors as borderline confirmed. But this kind of stuff, that could only be heard by a few people high up in the company and/or their therapists, gets filed under D for Dubious in my book:
Plus, I find it hard to believe highschool-level drama like "X hurt by Y's lack of attention, starts relationship with Z to make Y jealous" actually happens in the business world. Companies backstab eachother all the time, but their motivations are money and control, not feelings.
- "Phil Spencer insecure about the size of his Gamerscore."
- "Nintendo developing top secret Luigi Board to bring back Satoru Iwata as company's first spirit CEO"
- Gabe Newell selling Valve shares to Meta to support Ozempic habit.
Plus, I find it hard to believe highschool-level drama like "X hurt by Y's lack of attention, starts relationship with Z to make Y jealous" actually happens in the business world. Companies backstab eachother all the time, but their motivations are money and control, not feelings.
S0ULZB0URNE
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Hybrid
Power
Woopah
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Isn't it better that Nintendo pays Nvidia to customise the SoC for gaming, rather than just using an SoC that was designed for vehicles?
S0ULZB0URNE
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Yes if that's what they did.
I thought they were using the vehicle Soc though?
Dr. Wilkinson
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Nintendo saw the opportunity to use it for another purpose.
Prolly why the company’s been around for 120+ years and has never been more profitable than they are now. Mostly on the back of the “shitty tablet device using a vehicle SoC”.
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S0ULZB0URNE
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Are they using it or not? I'm getting confused...Nintendo saw the opportunity to use it for another purpose.
Prolly why the company’s been around for 120+ years and has never been more profitable than they are now. Mostly on the back of the “shitty tablet device using a vehicle SoC”.
Woopah
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The T234 is the vehicle SoC that, from my understanding, is too big for a gaming device, even something like the PS5.
So what Nintendo has asked Nvidia to do is take the T234 and customise for something that can be used for gaming, such as cutting out things it doesn't need and making it smaller, while also adding things that would be helpful.
This is what the T239 is (Switch 2 will still likely be a hybrid though).
REDRZA MWS
Gold Member
That’s one opinion. It’s a toy. I’d gladly buy a true next gen home console. Nintendo hides its awesome games behind its CHOICE to cheap out on hardware. Well my display doesn’t play well with what it really is, a handheld.
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S0ULZB0URNE
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Repeating gimmicks hasn't worked well for nintendo and they know this.
I am hoping for a surprise from them.
Kataploom
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All consoles are toys lol
