Will NX be based on a Zen+Polaris APU?

[Soundwave]

CosmicSex said:

Soundwave said:

Nintendo is not Microsoft. Since when is PS4 some uber-miracle console? It's outdated today plain and simple, as evidence by Sony themselves readying PS4 Neo. PS4 is nothing special.

That said Nintendo will probably do something stupid like go lower for shits n' giggles. They're probably not getting a ton of third party support anyway.

Yikes. She was quoted as saying it wasn't as powerful. My argument is that it doesn't need to be. What is your beef with the PS4? Nintendo for its part excells at getting performance out of its consoles and, with the right approach,  it shouldn't be hard for developers to optimize it either.  The Nx needs 3 things to be successful:

Strong exclusive lineup: check

Third party support: so far seems likely so check

Competitive pricing: not sold at a loss so not expensive to make... check

 

If it plays to its strengths it doesn't have to be a powerful behemoth. 

She was quoted as saying in reference to what 10k was saying about Polaris, which could be something in the realm of a 4-5 TFLOP+ GPU (Polaris 10).

We know squat about the third party support but EA seems non-commital so that doesn't bode well for third party support.

Pricing is overrated, by the time the NX comes to market both the PS4 and XB1 will be $299 or less (affordable enough for most anyone). You won't be able to gain traction by having a "cheap" console.