| DanneSandin said:
Interesting post and a good analysis! Seems like most ppl agree on about 2 gb RAM for the NXgo, which means itll be less powerful than SteamBoy. How much less powerful would NXgo be if it used two screens, like the DS-series? |
Well, less RAM doesn't mean less "powerful", less RAM means there's less room to do stuff, I guess the best term for that would be that NX Go will be "less capable". Bandwidth of the RAM is also important. Having two screens will do some harm to its potential due to the cost. However some costs could be reduced without resorting to such low resolutions by choosing something that's more streamlined (not too high though), no strange resolutions like 400 x 240. 960 x 540p is the minimum imo, low chance of 480p. While 480p is indeed a possible solution, there aren't that many 480p screens out there being manufactured for handheld devices, so depending on the vendor, it may be a bit more costly to choose a lower not-so mainstream screen. If the screen is roughly 4 or 5 inches, the PPI would be pretty good, but I don't expect Vita-quality bright-pretty vivid colors on the screens.
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Miyamotoo said: Display 5-6" with 540p, 2GB Ram, ARM Cortex-A53 Quad Core and some suitable gpu. That would be pretty ok specs for Nintendo handheld and around $150-199 price point. Remember, Wii U gamepad have 6.2" and 480p resolution. |
6 inches is pushing it though, that'll be quite a big handheld. However, I expect different options for screen sizes like how there's large screens for the 3DS LL/XL's and there's smaller screens for the OG 3DS. Around 4 inches for the smaller one, 5.5-6 inches for the larger model.
