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Soundwave on 03 April 2017
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mjk45 said:
Soundwave said:

PS4 tier mobile chips will be available by next year actually. The tech is moving very fast. Nvidia has already finished the Parker, which would be the successor to the Switch's Tegra X1 ... they are now well into development of Tegra Xavier, which will debut in 2019 or so. The Xavier chip will give you PS4/XB1 tier graphics. 

The model ranges may be different Switch 1/2/3 may not be it, you might have Switch Pro, Switch Alpha, whatever. 

Just because somethings available doesn't mean  it will be used, Nintendo isn't known for using the latest tech ,example they could have used the X2  anyway even when they do new iterations it  has been handheld and tends to revolve around upgrading the existing tech and enlarging the screens rather than switching to new chipsets.

If they were aiming to launch in late 2016, which I think was their aim (they just missed it because of software, not hardware), then no a Tegra X2 would not have been possible.

All I'm saying is who's to say Nintendo will follow the same hardware upgrade path as the past? Switch already breaks several rules and now that there is no seperate Nintendo hardware lines, perhaps more Ninendo hardware can co-exist. This is something Iwata said with a unified software ecosystem they could have *more* hardware (just playing the same software). 

Just like a Macbook ... there are tons of different models of Macbooks and more powerful ones come out every 12-18 months. Doesn't mean the older Macbooks are suddenly obsolete. Some people only need a Macbook or regular Macbook. Some people want a Macbook Pro. 

I'm just giving an example perhaps the Switch will become an ecosystem more like that where different people can have different needs met with different models that are at different performance and price points. 

Hell, really we're already seeing this with Sony and MS, but I think it suits the Switch better and Nintendo was talking about ecosystem of devices before either one of them. I think "ecosystem" versus really what is a singular hardware with just more minor-ish varianations is a difference you could see change with the Switch. 

And this is different even from what the 3DS is, the 3DS is more or less the same hardware just repackaged a few different ways more or less. That's not a "real" ecosystem of devices IMO. Switch, however, could be.