se7en7thre3 on 20 February 2015
| Soundwave said: Drop the dual screen. The second screen adds a large cost (the most expensive component of any handheld/tablet is the LCD screen, not the chipset or RAM). Today getting a single 5.5-6 inch decent quality touch panel (single screen) is dirt cheap. Opt for that. Dual screen also makes the system heavier and eats up internal space that could be used instead for a larger battery. Drop 3D. 3D screens are far more expensive than regular LCDs that everyone else uses and are widely mass produced. 3D also requires double the back light of non-3D screens, killing your battery life and forcing you to have to go with a lower end chip. 3D also chews up processing power since the same image needs to be rendered twice to create the effect. Ditch it. You can always release a 3D model later on when your base costs drop and Nintendo likes to revise their handhelds 3+ times each gen anyway. Spend your money on a really nice chipset, don't cut corners on it, and a nice big battery that can run that chip for a comfortable 5-6 hours at least. Get a decent LCD screen, but don't go crazy in cost here either. My 8 inch Samsung tablet that's over a year old has a basic 1280x720 LCD display and it looks great when I run Mario 3D World HD videos on it from Youtube. It's not even OLED. I'm sure Nintendo could get something similar in a 5.5-6 inch size a year from now for cheap. |
I think Nintendo was caught in a unique situation being in the DS era, but with that coming to an end, also emphasis placed on profits more than ever, Nintendo will likely opt for off the shelf components. If Ninty wants to maintain dual screen in some capacity, it can be a unique feature when owning both HH and Home versions of the hardware.
As far as the chipset, I get the feeling it will be higher end, mainly b/c it will be utilized in all their HW line of products for that generation.With larger initial and projected future orders, it should net Nintedo a friendly contract with the chip manufacturer.
