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Werix357 on 21 October 2015
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se7en7thre3 said:
Werix357 said:
I think its pretty clear that Nintendo intend to use SoC from AMD for both their next handheld and home systems the only uncertain thing I believe is wether it be the ZEN or K12 architectures.

Zen or k12 would fulfill the "industry leading chips" report for sure.  Nintendo seems to have great pride in low power consuming products and these chips are far more efficient in per/watt performance.

There is still plenty of time left this gen (about halfway through in '16) so if at least one of the NX products matches/exceeds the level of the current consoles, it would serve Nintendo better in securing some 3rd party titles.  It  definitely seems better than the wii u situation, which launched way too late.  Depending on what Nintendo puts on the market, the mid-gen approach has great potential as to what keeps the industry on its toes and devs pleased.


I think as soon as Sony and Microsoft revealed they were using x86, that the Wii U would be short lived.

I think there is one other thing that has been overlooked is that people are far more tech savvy now then they were 8 years ago. I think being connected to the Internet 24/7 through smart phones has been the major influence in that regard.

One last thing is I think Nintendo need change their way as to what games they make instead going for a PG everything approach (with their first party devs). They need to makes first party games from R 18+ to G rated in order to go after a broader audience, which I think will also result in better third party sales.