Nintendo Files Patent For Cloud Based Game Platforms (NX?)

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mizzou_guy said:

Soundwave said:

Random_Matt said:
$429.98, no thanks. Quite sure nobody wants a cheap variant.

That's kind of the point though, even people with the "cheap" variant can enjoy the higher end graphics via the Cloud. 

The "cheap" variant could still be quite close to the XB1 for example in power too, who knows. 1 TFLOP is something Nintendo could get for dirt cheap these days. 

The "supplemental" device could then take the system up in power far beyond the XB1 and even PS4 ... which would explain the report of the dev kits being extremely powerful. 

A lot of things kinda start to make sense. 

I just don't see that working out well for the developer.  They'd essentially have to create their games to run two different ways - one with simple graphics and another with enhanced graphics.  I think it would be pretty rare for a third party developer to put much effort into the extra graphics version of their game since it's not guaranteed that many people will be able to play that version.

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