| Scisca said: Backwards compatile with Wii U? Hahaha! Nope. It's insulting to Nintendo to claim they'd go with PowerPC yet again. Ports however are highly possible, I'd go for it if I were them. |
Well, they could base a new console on POWER 8 (the newest PowerPC based Processor), but I highly doubt it since it is totally geared to High Power Computing in Serverfarms with a hugely complicated layout to boot. So, while possible, it's not really probable they would do so. An AMD Zen based processor will by then probably be the logical choice, and even an ARM-based CPU might be possible considering their fast-paced development.
However, since CPU and GPU are advancing in a more Power per Watt direction, a new Nintendo Console in 2017-2019 could easely outpower a PS4 while consuming much less power than the latter, which means Software emulation might be possible by then.
Also, NX will probably be a handheld system, which renders the point of this discussion rather moot.
