Pokemon Sun/Moon leaker: Believes NX will use the latest AMD Polaris Chip

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Airaku said:

If it's the "latest" 14nm Polaris chips. That thing will be a BEAST on a console. It'll literally lay the smack down on the Neo-PS4 which is apparently using an upgraded Jaguar based chipset so games can be fully compatible between the PS4 and Neo-PS4.

This isn't even a competition. It's a slaughter house. If, and a big IF Nintendo is using Polaris.... The NX is a NEXT generation console. Full 9th gen console. In addition to that, it can easily stream 4k at 60fps. So... yeah... graphic whores will be jacking off when this comes out. This isn't a small upgrade like the PS3/360 to the PS4/XBO. This is a generation upgrade as we know it in previous generations.

I'll believe it when I see it. I won't lie, I am a little excited with the possibility. If the NX won't be sold at a lost... The thing will be between $399 to $499... and it's going to sell well with the hardcore. It'll all be dependant on the gimmick, but if they are going this route. I'd expect it will be a normal console with the gimmick being optional. This sounds like an all in bet, much like Sony did with the PS4.

Is this sarcasm? Sorry my detector is broken.

Using a certain chip design has no correlation with power. All we know is that the console will probably be very power efficient but Polaris does not mean "faster than any last gen chip". And while it still may use Jaguar as its CPU that does not mean full compatibility as they will use a different graphics architecture.

Power is not the only thing to sell to hardcore. What Nintendo needs are good relations with 3rd parties and that has yet to be seen. The NX can be as strong as it wants, if it does not have the latest AAA games, hardcores will not buy it.

If Nintendo can somehow suppress their urge to reinvent the wheel yet again and just make a good console that plays both Nintendo and 3rd party games and they stop being a bitch with indies and publishers, then NX could become a success.