Eurogamer: Nintendo NX is a portable console with detachable controllers (It also connects to your TV, and runs cartridges)

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Back in May, SemiAccurate made an article (I'm affraid that it's subscribers only) where they reported that Nvidia would be powering Nintendo's NX. Luckily, someone at NeoGAF made a thread about it and detailed the main reasons for that deal:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1218933

• Though Nvidia downplayed console margins, their pride was hurt by the loss in console contracts. All the talk about "focusing on Shield" was a cover for the fact that MS and Sony had soured on them and would not enter negotiations.
• Nvidia team was told to get a console win or "go home." Enter Nintendo, who apparently made off very well in this deal. This to the point that SemiAccurate questions whether this is a "win" at all for Nvidia.
• SA has heard that Nvidia are promising software, support, and the whole shebang at a very low cost. According to one source, Nvidia may even be taking a loss on this deal. (Take the second sentence here with an extra portion of salt)
• Not mentioned which generation of Tegra or which process node will be used or when the handheld is scheduled for release.
• No mention of the home console, but we can speculate what that might be and who might provide the chipset for that one.

 

After what Eurogamer revealed, this article gets more credibility points.