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setsunatenshi on 28 July 2015
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97alexk said:
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:
setsunatenshi said:
97alexk said:

That actually doesnt mean anything, the fusion idea is that it can be a handheld and a home console. Wich is like in ONE package, developing for the NX maybe makes you develop only one version wich can be utilised by the handheld and the home console, like same architecture


how can a single game be developed in such a way that will play on (for example) x86 architecture and using the same assets for a handheld?

that makes literally no sense, I can't understand this 'fusion' concept people feel so strong for.

I can imagine a vita game running on ps4 (more powerful hardware), but how could Metal Gear V play both on ps4 and then on a handheld as well? unless we're talking streaming but that's nothing new or even what people seem to be talking about this 'fusion'

Its like the same way you stream games to the gamepad, the handheld device maybe wont feature discs themself or cards like 3DS, but more sort of a streaming device or a saving device, you save the home console games on the unified architecture and when you want to take the buss somewhere you can take out the handheld device and continue to play it, its not streaming because then you need some conenction to the home base console but all games and save points are saved onto the handheld. Like i said a unified system


I don't understand what you're saying exactly. You're saying it's streaming but it's not streaming? You can play the game that is installed on the home console in your handheld?

Can you give me an example of how you see it working in real world? I'm honestly asking, not being facetious.

ok this is all prediction, but its not streaming. WHat i mean is , that the handheld and the home console are unified, they are like one thing. Im not entirely sure how that would work , but it could work. When you pop in a game disc in your NX homeconsole it also gets installed on the handheld via digital. Its like cross-buy this gen, if you buy the Wii U version you get the 3DS version for free or vice versa, thats an example. For people who dont like to buy it digital they have to had buy the game disc  for the home console anyway so it still has the value of a physical copy,. So thats how i imagine it working

Ok, I think I understand what you mean now but let me tell you why I don't think it would work.

The form factor of a handheld allows for a very limited power output. Imagine the most powerful handheld devices right now are flagship smartphones. There is simply no way you could take the best, most expensive top of the line smartphone and run any modern console/computer game. The ones you can usually are so graphics and processor intensive that dry out the battery in an hour or so (not mentioning the fact you'd need oven mints to hold it because of heat output).

The reason why there is the need for a console in the first place is because it's the most cost effective/power gaming device that can at the same time dissipate the heat and take not be constrained by limited batery constraints.

So you're left with 1 of 2 solutions:

 

1- the console is so weak that a handheld can perform at the same level (literally running the same games), in which case why do you even need the console?

2- the console is indeed powerful enough to do modern gaming and your handheld is simply a screen that receives the image output from the console and takes your input to play the games (same solution as game streaming between PS4 and PS Vita).

I literally think these are the only 2 options of this 'fusion' concept. None of them is ideal, but both are possible within reality as we know it.