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Soundwave on 11 August 2016
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GhaudePhaede010 said:
Soundwave said:

I do find it funny that there is still the "No way can Nintendo have two performance modez, think about how complicated it would make things!" thing, but when Sony/MS now are basically doing the same thing it's not problem at all.

An NX having the same power envelope at home and on the go makes little sense to the point where that's really not even a "hybrid" in my opinion, that's just a portable.

Also why even have a dock, what's the point? Google Chromecast shows you can just have a wireless connection to the HDMI port which would be much more streamlined. Why force the system to be docked it also prevents it from being used as a home controller? Unless the dock is doing more than just sending a TV signal to the TV, which to me makes a lot more sense. 

We'll see but there's more to this than I think there is more to this design and I think there will be two different power modes for portable play and another for home play. Forcing the chip to perform at some weird "in between" set mode doesn't make sense to me either, in portable mode it likely would consume more power than it has to for no reason. IE: Even if you're saying 720p gaming ... 720p for a portable gaming is kinda overkill and would suck battery needlessly, they could have 960x540 frame and it would look good enough.

Otherwise this isn't really credibly a "hybrid", it's simply a portable. A TV out does not a console make and even in this scenario.

You have to keep in mind that the term, "hybrid" is not being used by Nintendo; rather, by anonymous sources and publications. As such, the word seems to be used very liberally considering the rumor. There is no rumor or implication that the shell is anything more than a video out/protector when the hand held is connected to it. If that changes, then people will have differing opinions, but based on these rumors, what you are wanting is wishful thinking.

I do think it is possible that Nintendo will have two different power sources, but when we are talking about these rumors right now, adding specualtion to it creates a serious problem. It means we are not talking about the same things anymore and makes discussion very archaic.

Personally I think if they are going to do this idea, then go all in and *commit* the idea, no half assing it. It is a real, legit portable AND console. 

- 1TFLOP custom Tegra N1 processor (16nm FinFET+), automatically downclocks to 400 GFLOPS in battery powered mode. Has a small pool of high speed RAM, 6GB LPDDR4 as main RAM. 1GB runs OS, 5GB for games. 

- Comes with a Home Dock, which is basically just a plastic dock with HDMI connectors, a few USB ports, a HDD bay, and most importantly a fan inside. When docked it actively cools the NX to allow it to run at full power mode (1 TFLOP). 

- If they can do that weird projector idea for *cheap*, I'd consider it, otherwise make that an optional accessorie. 

- Android apps are in. If you are an Android developer all you have to do is submit your app for approval to Nintendo and enable NX control modes (if needed). Easy, peasy. Nintendo gets a 30% cut of all revenue (same as Apple or Google take on iOS/Android devices). 

- On the road the idea is for it to be a party machine that people gather around and can play together or a really kick ass top of the line gaming tablet that can play Android games with phyiscal controls, Virtual Console games, and of course "real" console/NX games.