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Soundwave on 09 September 2016
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Slimebeast said:
Soundwave said:

I don't really even think the console functions of the NX are going to be the primary focus, they're more like a bonus. Mobile chips have gotten to the point where they can produce graphics beyond a Wii U, so adding the TV out functionality makes sense and it saves Nintendo the hassle of having to make an entire console platform that only like 15 million Nintendo fans are interested in. 

They need to maintain their 3DS base and attract some (they're never going to match smartphone or tablet exactly) of those kids playing on iOS/Android to graduate up to an NX. 

Yes. You have been right with your analysis of new Nintendo strategy from the beginning.

The hybrid NX is a genious design, if their thinking is such, that the TV functionality is a (relatively cheap) bonus.

I forgot again, is the Tegra 1 as powerful as a Wii U?

If it is I think it's perfectly enough graphical quality for Nintendo games for now.

Also, their presence on mobile could attract smartphone guys to migrate to the NX, if the NX becomes talked about in mainstream media and if it's able to conquer some mindshare.

Tegra X1 should be a decent amount better than a Wii U but they'd have to make a few modifications to it. Also it depends how hard they restrain the chip in mobile mode (if they do so at all). That's also obviously a limiting factor. 

I'm guessing probably like double the Wii U in performance ... which is dissapointing for a home console, but again I don't think Nintendo really cares much about that. It would be great for a portable.