Nvidia : Next-gen Shield TV box (console) soon, pics leak.

[EricHiggin]

mutantsushi said:

FromDK said:

Cant you guys see what this is.

What is the fundamental difference here between what you describe and Ninty going 3rd party?  I don't see it.
Ninty is known for underpowered consoles, meaning their low power games are trivially portable to many platforms.
No reason it can't be on ALL Android devices, PS, Xbox, whatever.  
They don't worry about multiple HW configs because they optimize performance around lowest common denominator
and simply don't try to fully leverage power of specs above that, as it still works at least as good.
If Ninty's goal is for it's games to be everywhere and not limited to Ninty consoles they don't need special deal with NVIDIA.
Why would Ninty let their strategy hinge on consumers happening to buy a TV with NVIDIA chip?
Why would TV manufacturers want to subjugate their own value in favor of promoting NVIDIA chip to consumers?
Why would Ninty target (NVIDIA subset of) TVs when they can target PS/Xbox who all have the controllers needed for gameplay?
(and whose consumers by buying dedicated game machine are strongly likely to buy many games, unlike TV consumers)

Depending on what kind of deal they had worked out, this would give NiN way more control going forward. Going third party would mean NiN would have to cater to the hardware at retail no matter what architecture, performance, or brand, which they would clearly dislike based on their past stubborness with their own hardware.

Keeping as much control as possible to cater to themselves would be the main point.