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Miyamotoo on 21 March 2017
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Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:

I really don't understand why you trying to prove here, because you dont make any sense. Offcrouse that same devaice with smaller form factor, with smaller screen, smaller battery, less used materials (plastic, PCB, etc),less used parts because doesn't need to work in TV mode just in handheld mode, without Dock, without Joy Cons, without cables, with smaller package and less shipping costs...will cost much less than current Switch.

I am pretty sure you thought that Tegra X1 could hardly operate even in current Switch, but reality is that current Switch doenst have any heat issues. We know that Tegra X1 does not operate at full clock in Switch, GPU operating at just 307 MHz. Like I wrote, I am pretty sure they would make cooling on acceptable level for smaller form factor. Smaller screen and smaller battery also means less heat because they also producing heat.

Tegra X1 chip is overkill for phones from various reasons, phones don't need such strong GPU and they usual go for stronger CPU. So you're comparison with phones again is bad.

You are wrong, I wrote you above what all things they can cut. Also have on mind that Nintendo doesn't need to cut exactly $100 of costs from current Switch model, they can cut for instance $80 and to still make $100 price difference and to go with smaller profit with device that's $100 cheaper on market, and that actually totally make sense, cheaper device and smaller profit than more expensive.

Also I dont completle rule posibilite of Tegra X2 for Switch Mini/Pocket, but I am pretty sure they would make Mini/Pocket even with current Switch cheap.

Like I wrote, "at end situation is very simple and obvious, current Switch already has more higher price point and screen is already big, so there any need for making actually even more price Switch with even more bigger screen, but definitely there is need to release smaller, chepar Switch just for handheld play when 3DS dies, and that will effectively replace 3DS/3DSXL segment on market".

We know the Tegra X1 even in undocked mode eats battery like crazy and even gets so hot at times that it requires the fan to come on even in portable mode. 

You think you can put that same chip in a much smaller chasis and say "well, ok guys figure out some wonder fan that will magically cool this". 

Chip engineering doesn't work like that, lol. 

The Switch's form factor as is today likely cannot be any smaller without heating problems, that's why there's a fairly large bezel (the Switch actually has two bezels, lol, the big fat black border and then another black trim around that) ... the unit has to be that size, if it was smaller it would overheat. 

How small of a screen are you talking? Like 3 inches? Because going down to 5 inches is not going to magically give you an extra hour of battery life. 

You want too many things out of a chip that simply cannot do all that, the chip you are asking for is a Tegra X2. 

There aren't a ton of parts that make the system go into "TV mode" either. It's the chip that does all the processing and that chip is going to be in your small version no matter what, you're not saving a ton there. Like the way you're describing it is there's all types of extra plastic (?) and extra moving parts that somehow enable the system to output in TV mode ... that's not the case. 

No, in Switch its not hot, nobody said that Switch become hot. Of Course that eats battery when we talking about playing 3D console games on 6.2" screen on hardware thats stronger than Wii Us in any case.

There is no need for wonder, if already operating without any hits problems currently, they can do same thing with smaller chase and little better/more efficient cooling. Fact also is that smaller screen and smaller battery also produce less heat.

Sorry, but you don't know how chip engineering work, your arguments are were weak or doesn't make sense.

I talking about around 5" screen. Surface of 5" screen is much smaller than surface of 6.2" screen.

I dont want too many things at all, just same chip and hardware whiotout parts that are requred for TV mode, in a little smaller form factor than actually currently is, think about form factor similar to Vita, but you acting like I talking about putting Tegra X1 in GBA Micro.

Chip is one thing, but you have other parts of Switch that are requred that Switch can work on TV mode buy just putting it on Dock.