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hinch on 23 June 2015
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Soundwave said:
hinch said:
Going by Miyamoto's previous interview and this, it sounds like the machine is not going to have comparable specs/performance to the other current gen consoles. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it's only just a bit more powerful than the Wii U; using a mobile chip (ARM) design for both console, and portable. Plus, whatever new "feature" they decide to add in it.


Yeah I'm thinking along these lines (NX is the successor to *both* the 3DS and Wii U):

 

NX Portable (Lead SKU)

300 GFLOPS power, ARM + AMD system on chip (20nm)

3GB RAM (1GB for OS) + 32MB eDRAM

August-November 2016 Launch Window

Cheap 1280x720 LCD screen

$200-$220 MSRP

 

NX Home (secondary SKU)

600-900 GFLOPS power, same ARM + AMD system on chip, just scaled up (20nm)

4-6GB RAM (1GB for OS) + 48MB eDRAM

November 2016-March 2017 Launch Window

$199.99 (very cheap)

Smallest Nintendo Console ever, even smaller than the Wii or Famicom Mini. New controller type can be used with both the console and the handheld (you can set the handheld down and use it like a portable TV if you need to). No disc drive, has a small fan but rarely ever need it. 

Same games for both systems, games come on either DS-sized cartridges (4-32GB storage) or can be downloaded by eShop. No discs. 

No direct backwards compatibility but porting Wii U games is relatively easy because the new mobile AMD GPU incorporates many aspects of the Wii U GPU architecture. So things like Mario Maker will end up on NX quickly. 

Nintendo OS, but Nintendo will quietly have an Android back end which will make it very easy to port Android apps to the system. Nintendo will charge a licensing fee for and they will control the apps that are sold and for how much. 

Zelda NX (dual-release with Wii U), Mario 3D platformer, Animal Crossing Next (real AC game), Monster Hunter 5, Mario Kart 9, Splatoon 2, all very early in the life cycle. Nintendo will throw everything at the launch window and has been hoarding games for this. 

Yeah, thinking along the lines of this.

It'll be a bit like Nvidia's SHEILD console vs handheld/tablet. Crossplatform compatibility between games would be through their digitial service. Also, not sure if they'd go the cartridge route for console (more expensive to manufacture), so they'll probably stick to optical discs for that.

For the controller, I'm guessing they'd have a smaller, cheaper gamepad (2.0) bundled in for better; intergration, compatibility between platforms and (like you said) allows for backwards compatibility or ports/remasters from Wii U's library.