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Soundwave on 17 October 2016
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Wyrdness said:
Soundwave said:

Nintendo has said it. I'd suggest reading a Dolphin's Tale which is a really good retrospective on the GameCube, but you can see Nintendo's shift in attitude started then, both Yamauchi and Iwata were critical of game systems all being the same and all running the same games:

https://dromble.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/dolphin-tale-story-of-gamecube/

Yamauchi during the GameCube era:

“Now software companies are going multi-platform, running one game on lots of consoles, just to sell that little bit more. Even Sega. I can understand why the industry’s flowing this way, but, speaking for Nintendo, I can hardly welcome it,” said Yamauchi.  “When a user chooses a game, he always searches for something new and fun in a way he’s never seen before. If games on Nintendo machines are do-able on other companies’ consoles, then we’ll lose those users’ support. If we can’t succeed in separating ourselves, then we won’t win this battle. And that’s the reason why I’m not overjoyed about multi-platform tactics.”

And Iwata:

Besides criticizing the game industry for focusing too much on graphics, Iwata said competitors are too focused on developing blockbuster titles that are then revamped for multiple console formats.

Satoru Iwata said, “If that (keeps happening), the console business becomes a commodity business. There is no reason to choose one console over another, except price,” he said. “Then it doesn’t matter which machine you choose–they all play the same games.”

Those hoping for Nintendo to use an AMD Polaris (the same GPU as what's supposed to be in the Scorpio and is modified for the PS4 Pro) I think are going to be dissapointed. Nintendo will never use the same thing Sony/MS do, beyond what we already know from several leaked sources. 

Except the GC was over 14 years ago and guess what it was still one one the most powerful platforms of the gen which blows your whole point out the water you know why? Because despite what they said they still went for tech that was on par and competent highlighting that they will still use it. This is the point here Nintendo not copying the same approach as the competition doesn't mean they'll ignore tech on the market, if it's financially viable for their plans they'll use it that's the point.

Under the logic you're pushing if tech was free they'd ignore it still.

Well it provides insight into Nintendo's thought process and people who think Iwata did his own thing away from Yamauchi are wrong, Iwata's said many times, Yamauchi's insistence of being different drove the design process, and NX was designed largely under Iwata. 

Beyond that we don't have a single credible mainstream source that's actually been right in the past about something saying AMD Wunderconsole Nintendo. All sources that have a proven track record are saying Nvidia Tegra based hybrd with detachable controllers.