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Soundwave said:

I've said Nintendo should just let people choose what they want. Too much money/energy wasted in trying to dictate to people rather than offering them choice. If I don't want a purple sweater, stop trying to sell me a purple sweater, you're just wasting your time.

NX hardware = Mobile (as in smartphone/tablet sized) ARM + AMD system on chip. This SoC scales waaaay up and waaay down. Incorporates elements of the Wii U architecture.

From this you can have

NX Tablet = 400-500 GFLOPS, 7-inch LCD.

NX Handheld = 400-500 GFLOPS, 5-inch LCD, fold out design.

NX Family Console = 400-500 GFLOPS, super cheap (sub $200), comes with wacky new controller for family fun.

NX Pro Console = 3 TFLOP. Runs demanding games in 1080p, and even simpler games at 2K resolution. $349.99 MSRP.

If one model isn't selling great ... just phase it out. Most games run on all four devices.

I used to think the "Family Console" could be 1TFLOP, but now I'm thinking maybe they should just make it super cheap and let it act as a very cheap way for someone to get into the NX ecosystem on a whim, and then boom, now you have them stuck in your web, lol. 


I hope you don't actually think the NX would launch with that many form factors. What you talk about here is either a 10 year plan of hardware releases, or a disaster. No.

It'll launch with only the NXDS and the NX (what you call 'Pro') console at first. Then once those two have settled in for about a year or two, they might come out with a cheaper single-screen handheld for regions with a lower standard of living only cheaper games would be available on the system. Mostly VC and indie games. Don't see a "family console" happening at all. Nintendo doesn't simply make "wacky controllers" for the family. That's not their philosophy. If they're making a new gimmick, it'll be on every console because, in their heads, it'll benefit everyone.