| Soundwave said: I think NX is a distinct platform from the Wii U. They're not going to use things like that outdated IBM architecture again as its killing their hardware margins. They'll probably incorporate elements/design philosophies of the Wii U GPU and memory architecture into the NX, but not a literal chip swap that would allow for literal backwards comp. So those games would still have to be ported, though it shouldn't be such a huge pain in the ass to do it. Should be fairly simple. |
It won't be so distinct that it won't have BC. No platform meant to absorb the Wii U's architecture would be. Nintendo literally mentioned BC as the key way they retain consumers. It isn't going anywhere.
With BC, they won't have to port anything. You just buy the NX and the entire eshop library will be available to play and purchase from day one. Even more "simple."
