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Teeqoz on 09 July 2015
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Soundwave said:
Teeqoz said:


The NX will not be able to pull of Wii U like graphics. The 3DS can't pull off Wii graphics, and the jump from GameCube to Wii was smaller than the jump from Wii to Wii U.

Unless you expect the NX to launch at like 350$, graphics like that just won't happen. (All this is presuming the NX is a handheld)


Mobile tech is expanding quickly, I expect it to be possible very soon. The problem with devices like the Nvidia Shield is no one is making games specifically for that Tegra X1 chip. But Nintendo will be coding from the ground up for whatever they use so that won't be a problem. 

But fundamentally, a 250-300 GFLOP GPU in a portable form factor is definitely doable by second half of 2016. 


It's easily doable, of course, but Nintendo doesn't want to make a ridiculously overpriced handheld. How many Gflops does the 3DS have again? Isn't it like 5? that would mean a 50-60x increase versus the 3DS to have Wii U like power. That just doesn't seem likely.