Soundwave on 02 September 2016
Emily Rogers updated today with these two tid-bits, reiterating it's below an XB1 in power, and from what she's heard the battery life is not great (worse than 3DS?).
Also no camera/mic on the main unit which seems kinda weird. The "dock" has 2 USB 2.0 ports and 1 USB 3.0.
Nintendo is "ahead" of schedule on a March launch according to her, probably means there will be a good amount of software.
Take it for whatever it's worth. I have no idea if she's right or wrong. This is her rundown:
Here is what you can expect from the final retail product:
- Custom Nvidia GPU chip
- Region Free (No region lock) <– Confirmed this.
- Six inch (6.2 inch?) multi-touch screen (Heard nothing about a stylus)
- The touchscreen has 720p resolution. <— 100% Confirmed.
- 32GB of built-in internal storage
- SD card support
- Supports USB 2.0 and 3.0
- The dock has two 2.0 usb ports and one 3.0 usb port.
- The device is around 14 – 15 mm in thickness.
- The right analogue stick will be below the face buttons.
- Camera and microphone are not built into the NX portable device.
- Cooling is still a little noisy
- Detachable controllers (motion controls and next-gen vibration technology) <– Everything Laura Kate Dale said in her article was correct.
- Share / Social button that Laura Kate Dale posted is true.
- There are at least two shoulder buttons. I haven’t heard anything yet about triggers.
- Battery Life — Ehhh not great. I haven’t heard an exact number of hours, but it doesn’t sound great.
- Below PS4 and XB1 in raw power.
- Supports Unreal Engine 4 and Unity Engine.
Note: I am not saying that NX won’t have a mic or camera. I am saying that the camera and mic aren’t built inside of the NX portable device.
