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learnthedifference on 17 August 2016
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Soundwave said:

In January 2014 (this is after his Jan 2013 comments obviously) Iwata said this:

“Still, I am not sure if the form factor (the size and configuration of the hardware) will be integrated. In contrast, the number of form factors mightincrease. Currently, we can only provide two form factors because if we had three or four different architectures, we would face serious shortages of software on every platform.

Whether we will ultimately need just one device will be determined by what consumers demand in the future, and that is not something we know at the moment.

 

Sounds like between 2013 and 2014 they did a lot of experimentation, and by 2014 they were considering a hybrid device, because by Jan 2014 suddenly he doesn't know anymore if they need one device or multiple. My guess is over time Nintendo couldn't resist the hybrid idea, they probably fell in love with the design/possibilities once they prototyped a unit. 

" Last year we also started a project to integrate the architecture for our future platforms. 

What we mean by integrating platforms is not integrating handhelds devices and home consoles to make only one machine. 

What we are aiming at is to integrate the architecture to form a common basis for software development so that we can make software assets more transferrable, 

and operating systems and their build-in applications more portable, regardless of form factor or performance of each platform."

Just move on.

Soundwave said:
Also Nvidia/Tegra probably DID have the 3DS contract. Using a completely different company's GPU as a "placeholder" makes little sense.

What likely happened is the Tegra chip at that time didn't meet Nintendo's power consumption goals and Nintendo scuttled the deal.

Nintendo likely is getting an incredibly deal from Nvidia now that they couldn't pass up.

Because that's totally how business works, oh wait.

Soundwave said:
archbrix said:

I think the hope was that Nintendo would make an AMD x86 dedicated home console that was around PS4 power (maybe even a little better) that would use the new Polaris chip.  Supposedly these AMD chips are able to do an advanced form of what is essentially remote play.  So the idea is that Nintendo could go for power parity (home console) and have that just streamed to the handheld (shell controller) that could be taken and used anywhere thanks to the SCDs.

But it is far more likely that Nintendo would put the works in the mobile unit itself, ala the EG rumors, with the importance of the home unit coming in second.

Too late for a "little better than PS4 console". Nintendo is actually probably lucky they went the hybrid route, if they had pinned everything on a "little better than PS4" design, they'd be pretty fucked right now upon hearing about PS4 Neo and Scorpio. At least NX as has been leaked is something different. 

Don't worry, NX is a home console much more powerful than the ps4. Only someone completely ignorant to technology would think otherwise. Even more if they think neo and scorpio mean anything when they aren't even new consoles.