Who will provide the NX GPU?

[Conina]

TheLastStarFighter said:

Conina said:

So how much do you think the whole setup would cost? A fast handheld (able to play home console games with reduced settings) with a good display and good battery life + a docking station + a 2 Tflop GPU + enough flash memory in the handheld for a few games (which won't be small)?

 

If you were to build the NX dock looking to exceed that performace slightly - say 10-20% - you could easily do that in 2017 for under $200.  Especially when you factor in you need a GPU-only rather than an APU and the form factor would be substancially smaller and lacking an optical drive and other components.

So I would target an NX Tablet for $299, NX Dock for $199 and a combo tablet/home system for $450.  If it was designed to look cool, that $450 for a true gaming tablet and 1080p home gaming system would seem like a lot of value.

You would need to back it up with killer software too, of course, and in the first year you would want Zelda, SMG3, and a killer new IP from Retro aimed at traditional console gamers, while also having a new HD Pokemon title, special support for Pokemon Go, and couple of simple but cool new titles aimed at the NX tablet's unique abilities for AR, projection, party gaming at a table etc, that you can show to potential consumers to make them want the product.

The product would fly off shelves, and third parties would start porting their games.  Nintendo would then be offering a home and portable with good third party support.

So people who are NOT into mobile gaming would have to invest $450 - $500 into a console which power is in the ballpark of a $250 PS4 or Xbox One? Yeah, good luck with that.