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DonFerrari on 27 October 2016
Alkibiádēs said:
DonFerrari said:

Discs occupy a lof of horizontal space but do they also occupy a lot of vertical? How much volume difference between disc and cartridge? But you may be right and that means a lot of space saved (but the discussion isn't mostly on the thickness as is in the depth+lenght because that would be the maximum size of the SOC. The second part is that Tegra wouldn't be expected to be stronger than Jaguar+GPU and at the same time drain little battery (that would probably occupy a volume that the consoles don't need) at the same time having the screen (that will also use volume) and needing more cooling since you will hold on your hands (which should also require more power and volume) seems like a very hard deal to have a console much smaller than PS4Slim and more powerfull. But of course we could be wrong, it just doesn't seems likely.

For the record, I think there will be a high power mode and lower power mode (when not docked), similar to a laptop. Nintendo could also save space from the kind of harddrive they use. Nintendo's main focus these past 5 years has been to cram as much power into a small tablet as possible, at an affordable price. Sony's main concern will not have been the size of the console, unlike Nintendo. At least that's what I think.

It may have lower and higher power mode... even so even the top Tegra wouldn't be stronger than PS4.

Nintendo may have been cramming more in less space, but sony also have and I don't think Nintendo have gotten so further (with batteries, heating, etc) to a degree that would allow Switch form factor to hold the same power of PS4. But sure I could be wrong... but on the case of PS4 Slim it's basically the SOC wrapped in a small case so they are almost as small as possible on this node.



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VAMatt on 27 October 2016
DonFerrari said:
Alkibiádēs said:

For the record, I think there will be a high power mode and lower power mode (when not docked), similar to a laptop. Nintendo could also save space from the kind of harddrive they use. Nintendo's main focus these past 5 years has been to cram as much power into a small tablet as possible, at an affordable price. Sony's main concern will not have been the size of the console, unlike Nintendo. At least that's what I think.

It may have lower and higher power mode... even so even the top Tegra wouldn't be stronger than PS4.

Nintendo may have been cramming more in less space, but sony also have and I don't think Nintendo have gotten so further (with batteries, heating, etc) to a degree that would allow Switch form factor to hold the same power of PS4. But sure I could be wrong... but on the case of PS4 Slim it's basically the SOC wrapped in a small case so they are almost as small as possible on this node.

Nintendo definitely *can* cram PS4 level tech into the Switch.  The problem is that they would have to sell the system for an enormous price, or sell it at a big loss.  Nintendo never does either of those things.  So, I don't think there is much chance that the Switch will be comparable to XB1 or PS4 in terms of "power".