The Wii U is sold out all over Japan and Nintendo isn’t talking

[Miyamotoo]

Bofferbrauer said:

Miyamotoo said:

But again, 3.5 years later handheld device can have much stronger hardware than Nvidia Shield had in 2013.

Also when I said hybrid device I dont think form factor of Vita or 3DS, such a device would definitely be more bigger, form factor similar to Wii U gamepad. IMO at end of 2016. Nintendo can release such a device that have similar or stronger power of Wii U (Wii U even in 2012. had already very old tech).

Of course a handheld device can be stronger nowadays than NVidia Shield did in 2013. The Snapdragon 820 I used in the comparision is the latest in the line and stronger than a Tegra 4. The difference however is not huge because mobile chips hit a wall in the meantime, risking to become too hot and ARM processors in general quickly rising in energy consumption above 2Ghz. Since 16/14nm + FinFet is already in use in mobile chips I doubt we will see a huge jump in the near future, more like incremental updates.

Wouldn't the size of a Wii U Gamepad not be a bit too much for a dedicated handheld gaming device? I'm not sure I would take something as big (and potentially heavy) casually around with me just to play games. Might just be me though, dunno how other people would feel about this

Thats a point, device I talking about wouldn't be only handheld dedicated device, it could be used like home console too, so bigger size for device like that (that can be used like handheld and home console) wouldn't be problem.