Nintendo Supplementary Device Soon to be Granted?

[jason1637]

spemanig said:

Soundwave said:
It's a pretty clever way for Nintendo to get potentially several million mini-servers worldwide without paying a dime because consumers will be covering the cost.

If they're smart it could work like this

Regular Console NX = a little better than the PS4

Regular Console NX + SCD Device = on par with PS4K

People who want the highest end graphics can pay a premium for it, that's fair. Nintendo gets free servers. Win win all around.

It's still be paying to run them, but the price is cheaper than if they house everything themselves.

And the ceiling of potential for this is much higher than you're making it out to be. The more these things sell, the more power is available in this cloud network. As far as I am aware, that extra pool of power is indefinite. As long as developers have the time, money, and resources, to  make a game that powerful, with enough SCDs there'd be no other limits.

AKA, imagine a ludicrous future where the NX was attached to an expansion pack with 100 times the power. This patent allows for such a scenario to exist. They'd just need to sell A LOT of SCDs. Obviously this is an exaggeration used to illustrate a point.

Also, people who want the highest end graphics wouldn't have to pay for it at all. That's the point.

It would be pretty crazy if this is the last Nintendo console and every few years a new SCD is released so the platform is in par with the competition.