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

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spemanig said:

setsunatenshi said:

based on common sense? what insider info do you have on the NX that I don't? Assuming this leak is true, not going for X86 and still remaining underpowered compared to the competition, not only it will put huge barriers on porting games, but also not be enticing enough to make anyone that isn't a hardcore Nintendo fan go out and buy it.

It will be the Wii U all over again, but worse :/

I don't know when common sense became insider info. That's just not how this stuff works. The Wii U came out at the tail end of the last generation and was a generation behind its competition. NX is coming at what is the late beginning of the generation and will be graphically on par with its competition. There is literally no barrier in that situation. x86 is not the be-all-end-all of hardware, either. Engines are made to circumvent that stuff.

x86 is an established architecture which makes the porting very very easy between consoles and PC. You know that games are made on PC, right? When the industry standard is X86 it's a big financial risk (burden) to dedicate resources to only 1 specific console that in 2017 has yet to sell any unit. I have no idea about the power of this NX, but I also have a brain and memory that helps me predict how Nintendo will behave based on previous experience. If it's true that they are not going for X86, they're really only screwing themselves over.