Verified NeoGAF member has posted a bunch of NX leaks. Now updated with gimmicks, Luigi's Mansion and other stuff

[Frogger]

So I just talked to a tech friend about the SCD patent and one thing was made very clear - there's no way something like what was described in the patent would be able to be less than $300 and not be shit. The amount of power it would take for something like this work well as described would be very expensive.

Which is why the rewards for owning one are there. This is very likely going to be a niche product being sold "for the greater good." The more of these are sold, the more powerful the collective network will be. This is really huge because at some point it would be powerful enough and most importantly close enough to the general user where it would VASTLY improve the amount of computing power available to the common user.

One thing that wasn't mentioned in that podcast was how reliant each individual SCD is on your internet connection. This is obvious, but if your internet connection is shit, your experience with it will be much worse, and those connected to you SCD will have a worse experience too. Think about it. When the host for a server on an online game has a shitty connection, everyone suffers. Same concept, only it effects the quality of the extra computing power you get.

Reading this patent more, the only way I can see this being marketed is in a similar way that a router is, except you WANT to share it. But I don't think this as being something most people are expected to own. The point have the few build this infrastructure for Nintendo, something that is kind of scummy, if you think about it. It's kind of their way of deferring the costs of maintaining dedicated servers to the end user. But this thing is really for adding computational power to the games that talk advantage of it. I assume that all games would run without it, but I can't even fathom how much the experience would improve if an infrastructure like this was built successfully.

I'm going to pick his brains some more about this. I know it's a bit off topic, but this is exciting stuff. If this stuff is true, it might not matter if NX is weaker than the competition. This would make up for that easily.