deskpro2k3 said:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/console.html https://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2005/07/11/nvidia_rsx_interview/2 |
A few things:
1. For what it's worth, the bit-tech link you posted seemed to quote David Kirk, "Nvidia's chief scientist and project lead of the division supplying the RSX chip" at the time ( https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-sony-deal-to-extend-beyond-ps3/1100-6129001/ ). The link provided by OP involved NVidia's co-founder and CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang.
2. David Kirk didn't focus too much on the PS3 in the bit-tech link. Focus seemed to be quite broad actually:
"So far our relationship with Sony has been great. We have a much closer relationship and share a much broader vision for the future of computing and graphics"
"Our commonality with Sony has led to a number of product areas that go beyond PlayStation 3. The business deal is structured so that both companies benefit. It's a really good realtionship"
"The deal goes beyond PS3. The future is looking good"
Contrast this to what Jen-Hsun Huang had to say:
"and in the case of the Nintendo Switch, it’s just an incredible console that fits in such a small form factor. And it could both be a mobile gaming device as well as a console gaming device"
"[Nintendo Switch] is a really, really innovative product and really quite ingenious. And if you ever have a chance to get it in your hands, it’s just really delightful"
"I said that [Nintendo Switch] delighted me in a way that no game console has done in the last 10 – 15 years"
3. The praise Huang had for the Switch was unsolicited if seekingalpha is to be believed. His praise followed a question where "Jen-Hsun Huang was asked if the company is interested in pursuing consoles further in light of Switch’s success". Notice in the following transcript how he goes on to praise the Switch without solicitation for said praise:
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Atif Malik - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Great. As a follow-up, with your win and success in Nintendo Switch, does that open up the console market with other console makers? Is that a business that is of interest to you? Jen-Hsun Huang - NVIDIA Corp. Consoles is not really a business to us. It's a business to them. And we're selected to work on these consoles. And if it makes sense and the strategic alignment is great and we're in a position to be able to do it, because the opportunity cost of building a game console is quite high. The number of engineers who know how to build computing platforms like this – and in the case of the Nintendo Switch, it's just an incredible console that fits in such a small form factor. And it could both be a mobile gaming device as well as a console gaming device. It's just really quite amazing, and they just did an amazing job. Somebody asked me a few months ago before it was launched how I thought it was going to do. And of course without saying anything about it, I said that it delighted me in a way that no game console has done in the last 10 – 15 years. And it's true, this is a really, really innovative product and really quite ingenious. And if you ever have a chance to get it in your hands, it's just really delightful. And so in that case, the opportunity to work on it was just really, really too enticing. We really wanted to do it, but it always requires deep strategic thought because it took several hundred engineers to work on, and they could be working on something else like all of the major initiatives we have. And so we have to be mindful about the strategic opportunity cost that goes along with these. But in the case of the Nintendo Switch, it's just a home run. I'm so glad I did it, and it was the perfect collaboration for us. |
I think it's safe to say CEO Huang seemed more excited for the Switch than chief scientist Kirk did for the PS3.
