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Ck1x on 14 May 2016

If anything I hope about these recent rumors turns out true, Is if Nvidia is willing to work with Nintendo on both the handheld and console. Simply because it would be nice to throw a different performance factor into the dedicated gaming space. Not only that but people are jumping to conclusions when all these rumors are floating around and no one can say for certain which system these specs belong to!



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WolfpackN64 on 14 May 2016
maxleresistant said:
betacon said:

Then why not just keep with the wii u, pointless relasing a new console.

There is a tons of differences between a wii u and a Xbox one . Those are checkboxes Nintendo needs to tick so that it can be in the race. It s not just about power

-X86 instead of power pc (power pc is over and done)

-8GB of RAM vs 2GB on WiiU

-at least 500GB of HDD

-better OS and online service with more functionalities

 

These are the requirements. Now, problem is things have changed since 2013, the NEO and one.5 could change a lot of things

PowerPC over and done? I'd like you to ask an IBM representative. Power isn't done, it's even growing.



Shiken on 14 May 2016

Rumors are all over the place. However if this is true, it better be the handheld/console hybrid. Release a console only device with X1 specs would not end well.

I mean there would have to be NO draughts of quality retail games exclusive to NX and no where else.



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Shiken on 14 May 2016
jason1637 said:
Calling BS https://mobile.twitter.com/jason16378/status/731463245098274816

I hope you are right sir



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WolfpackN64 on 14 May 2016
vivster said:
If it's not ARM and instead PowerPC again I'm going to laugh my ass off.

Why? Imagine if Nintendo was secretly working on a POWER8 design (which I don't think they are), Sony and Microsoft would piss their pants.



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Meelow on 14 May 2016

I didn't read the whole thing but I'm going to say this.

Emily Rogers isn't very tech savvy, she doesn't know the full story and if she does she didn't explain it like she should of.

Emily is saying different architecture, which is fine because it's likely ARM which WOULDN'T hurt third party support, X86 and ARM can work together.

As for "power close to Xbox One", on paper the NX can easily look like that but seeing how it has a different architecture it doesn't matter, the NX can easily able to produce better visuals then the PS4.



mountaindewslave on 14 May 2016

She/he has almost no particularly impressive leaked info from the past.. I would take what you hear from Emily Rogersbwith a grain of salt... I doubt they have magical info on it considering the extremely serious NDA contracts as well as the fact that the final product put into production may be far different than the rev kits. Lets put it this way: if a leaked like this appears to have NO knowledge on the TYPE of system it is (dedicated, gimmick motion, mobile supported, etc.) and appears to mot know if the launch NX is home console, handheld, or hybrid- why would you take them seriously? At this point it seems fairly obvious that Nintendo has went to great lengths to keep this project under wraps. No one is going to risk their career and a huge lawsuit just to tell some Booz on Twitter info on this. And the poster themselves if genuinely 'connected' would have more info than vague power and spec speculation

 

Note: if NX were a handheld dedicated platform them Xone graphics would be insane, just mentioning as I think its fairly obvious that the NX is going to have either a huge handheld emphasis or a cross platform library

 



WolfpackN64 on 14 May 2016
haxxiy said:
Well, that's a step up from using a 1998 CPU architecture on the Wii-U. Right, folks?

Technically, they could use a POWER8 or a Power e6500 core, which has the PowerPC architecture implementation of 2013.



maxleresistant on 14 May 2016
WolfpackN64 said:

PowerPC over and done? I'd like you to ask an IBM representative. Power isn't done, it's even growing.

We're talking about gaming here. Right now gaming is X86 for home consoles and PC, ARM for mobile, smart devices and handheld. That's the market.



JRPGfan on 14 May 2016
jason1637 said:
Calling BS https://mobile.twitter.com/jason16378/status/731463245098274816

Either that guy is wrong, or Emily Rogers is.

One is saying its more powerfull than the PS4.

The other is saying its slightly weaker than the Xbox One.