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thismeintiel on 03 September 2016
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mutantsushi said:
thismeintiel said:

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.

People want to project past price dynamics on the future, when that isn't necessarily the case.  
Not saying I'm convinced of NVIDIA vs AMD, but different factors could have led NVIDIA to change approach this time.
Re: AMD 3 wins, well, MS and Sony's Slim models (re-fabbed at 14nm FinFET) could be new contracts.  Then you have NEO.
Scorpio may not even have finalized AMD contracts yet, which is unsurprising given it has no date yet, Zen is only starting sampling etc.

They said one would release this year, the other two next year. Both Slims, and most likely Neo, are launching this year, so that doesn't explain it. Also, AMD wouldn't have to "win" anything for the Slims. AMD is the only place Sony and MS could go for smaller versions of their chips.