Emily Rogers: NX not gonna use X86 architecture, raw power close to XBO

[Normchacho]

Pemalite said:

Normchacho said:
With that out of the way...Holy shit this had better not be true...There's no fucking way they're that dumb. NO. FUCKING. WAY.

Releasing a console less powerful than the base PS4 that doesn't even use X86 in 2017? It had better give out hand jobs if they want to sell these things. Word of mouth is going to crush this thing.

The only way this realistically works if it's like $200 when it launches.

More power is always better, the Playstation 4 released underpowered, so something better than that so the device can stay in the market for the long yards would be fantastic.

ARM wouldn't hold that back though, ARM can be just as fast as x86 and would enable Nintendo to tap into the mobile markets software ecosystem fairly easily.

You are correct that ARM would be fine. But I still think releasing a console weaker than the PS4 is suicide unless Nintendo plans to market the NX as a cheap secondary console. Mostly because I agree with you that I think Neo marks the halfway point to the PS5. What is Nintendo going to do when the next Playstation and Xbox launch in 2019 and suck all the third parties up with them?