spemanig said:
Interesting... I don't know. I really have to see how something like this would be implemented. I wonder if something like this could provide data. Is there anything about providing an internet connection for their gaming platforms through this in the patent? |
I don't think it's all that mindblowing, it's extra horsepower, an add-on, a (hopefully) much more elegant 32X type of thing, but with modern cloud computing it can share horsepower via the cloud when/if you're not utilizing it.
This is probably sensible so that the scenario of "little brother wants to play NX, but NX power is being utilized by John Q 500 miles away" ... the supplemental device will share extra horsepower so the main machine is always available to its primary user(s).
Likely I'm guessing the SCD was envisioned as the dock for the mobile NX model(s) as well so that it can play the same games at full fidelity on the TV, but they probably looked at it and said "hey why not allow the main console to utilize this too? Yeah lets patent that", type of thing.
