Soundwave said:
Actually *for a portable device* a Parker based Tegra (X2?) is a fucking beast of a chip. It's bleeding edge. That's like 16x better than a Vita and next to a 3DS ... lol, it's like going from an NES to a Playstation. And 720p for a 6-inch device is still a pretty damn good PPI, it's almost on par with a $1000 iPad Pro for PPI. Having a screen resolution over 720p would be ultimately a waste of resources for a gaming-centric device, you'll get a very nice image quality at 720p on thte go at 6-inches provided Nintendo doesn't use an ass quality display and you save on battery life which is more important at that point. I think the idea of attaching it to a home dock which can increase power would be a very smart way of closing the power gap for home use, my worry there is Nintendo will get lazy and say "well this is good enough" ... this would be a great way for Nintendo to compromise and offer people who want higher end visuals at home a bone. That would be a true "hybrid" device IMO, but we'll see if they do that or not. |
I have a 5.2" 1080p phone. Before I had a 5.5" 720p one. I am never going back to 720p. Sure, it's not god awful, but you can tell the difference. And once you've seen that difference, you don't want to go back. It's just nice not seeing the pixels that make up the image. A 6.2" 720p screen would be worse.
As far as the Tegra goes, I'm still skeptical that that is what's in it. Going AMD would most likely be cheaper, and Nintendo likes cheap. The other manufacturers have also had problems with Nvidia, which is why everybody went with AMD this gen. I just don't see them switching. AMD also said they had 3 wins this year. One would launch this year, most likely Neo, and the other 2 next year. If we assume Scorpio is one, who is the other? I would think the NX. Unless Sony really is trying to put out another PSP after the success of the PS4, but I just don't see that happening.
Personally, I think the dock will end up just being a easy way to hook up the console to the TV and charge it. I don't think they are going to put extra HW inside it to boost the power by a little. It just seems like it would increase the price incredibly. And this thing needs to stay cheap if Nintendo wants it to sell.
Soundwave said:
The downside to that is a lot of Nintendo IP would likely get shelved forever. Nintendo wouldn't bother to make a game like Punch-Out or Pilotwings or Kid Icarus ... they make these types of games now because they have to support an entire platform. Probably something like Splatoon likely wouldn't get made either. As a third party they'd just become like EA and all these other shitty companies and just pump out Mario Kart, Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, and nothing but every 1-2 years because that's all that would sell and they're under no obligation to diversify their library as they have no platform to really support. Look at how much more diverse and great Sega's software was when they had to support the Dreamcast versus what it became as a third party. |
I highly doubt that. As long as they sell decently, Nintendo will make more of them. Hell, if they are given support from ND or SM, like Sony often does for devs getting to know their HW, they might actually pump these games out much quicker than they have been doing. Unless you think Nintendo is as "evil" as EA and their consoles are the only thing holding back that evil.
And Sega's lack of diversity had A LOT more to do with their financial woes than it did their lack of supporting a console. Nintendo doesn't face that same fate.
