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Soundwave on 01 September 2016
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Einsam_Delphin said:
Soundwave said:

Take 10-15 minutes to research a Tegra X1, it's like saying "well I'm not sure about this gravity thing, you keep saying it but I'm not sure if I believe it". 

Thermal restrictions are a real thing, if they weren't we'd have an iPhone with PS4 level chips in it. 

You should also understand the size of the battery in say the Google Pixel C, which is required to run the Tegra X1 chip it has, see those two gray blocks:

That's the batteries (plural as in two of them). The battery alone is going to have to be 4-5x the size of the 3DS XL one. That doesn't even account for the space you need to cool the device. Likely the RAM Nintendo is using is going to have to be a higher bandwidth too (51GB/sec instead of 25GB LPDDR4) so that will also raise your heat and power draw, because games require a ton of memory bandwidth. 

And then you throw in things like detachable controllers .... well I mean those can't be the size of single Kit-Kat chocolate piece, they have to have some heft and width to them too. I'd say probably at least as wide as a Wiimote and at least half as thick for each side. There's just no plausible way this can be a pocket device just for practical reasons. 

 

Actually it's like saying what I just said, that I'm going with magic over logic. I know how it works, but even so, what logic dictates isn't acceptable, so I'd rather hope for the impossible. It's silly, but it's not like this some serious thing, I'll wait until we have actual information. Also, incase you think that I think hybrid, Tegra, detachable controllers, etc. are sure things, well, I don't, there's no proof so they are rumors. If NX is two devices, a home console and a handheld, then it'd still make sense for Nintendo to say Zelda BotW will look better on NX even though the handheld might not be as powerful as Wii U.

My guess is most people when they actually play the device will be happy with the larger screen size and overall size in general. This is going to be for the "big" Nintendo IP, not the little spin-off titles, it has to be able to run the next "real" Zelda and Metroid and Xenoblade games for example. You're going to want that 6+ inch display. 

There's no point in making a luxury car if you're going to gimp everything, if that's what you're making then make it right. 

I'd actually probably bet even when Nintendo makes a smaller version (several years later if possible), it won't be the better selling model. Just like more people choose the 3DS XL over the regular model. Once people get used to the bigger screen size it's hard for them to go back. Kids also love the larger screen size of tablet size devices.