| Nuvendil said: Actually, Xavier - which I did not realized had launched- is used in 0 consumer electronics and is planned for 0. It is designed for autonomous machines and self-driving cars. Actually, I think a bespoke Nvidia chipset using tech developed in the making of Xavier and perhaps the next peoject is high likely for Switch 2. |
nVidia's Autonomous machines/self driving cars initiative has pretty much imploded anyway.
Which means, nVidia will likely try and re-purpose Xavier for other markets to recoup R&D costs.
| TheMisterManGuy said: First, let's take a look at that SoC, it's a slightly under-clocked Tegra X1 provided by Nvidia. It's been said to that Nintendo's partnership with Nvidia was to last around 10 years. Naturally, Nintendo will want to evolve the Switch as time goes on, and release newer more powerful Switch models when they need to. With the Switch, making newer more powerful systems is actually super easy. Just swap out the X1 for the newest Tegra chip then go from there. Knowing Nintendo's habbit for hardware revisions, the ease of Nvidia's off-the-shelf Tegra hardware allows the Switch to remain competitive, while maintaining compatibility and consumer relations. |
Well. That's just a blanketed statement. The partnership will last for however long Nintendo wants to keep it going, if nVidia doesn't have anything compelling, then Nintendo will likely walk away.
As for dropping in a new Tegra chip... There is only the Pascal derived Tegra that is a drop-in replacement to the current chip in the Switch, which would offer a big boost in performance at the same powerlevel.
| TheMisterManGuy said: Second, the modular nature of the Switch itself. Both the Switch console and Joy-Con controllers have rails on their sides, with connectors embedded at the end. This is how the Joy-Con are able to connect to the console for handheld mode. But these ports also allow Nintendo to introduce all sorts of add-ons, peripherals, do-dads and what not. Now sure, I wouldn't want them to go overboard with way too many useless and gimmicky hardware attachments, but thanks to Switch's modular nature, it makes it easily adaptable to anything Nintendo wants to do with it. |
The Peripherals are great. But the more mechanical action you have, the more points of failures you have.
For Nintendo it's unlikely to be an issue because they get to sell more kit... And hopefully the Joycons last the test of time.
| TheMisterManGuy said: So yeah, I don't think Nintendo is retiring the Switch as a platform anytime soon. I can see them rolling with it for a good 10 years at least. It really feels like Nintendo wants this thing to have really long legs. This actually wouldn't be the first Nintendo system with an unusually long life span. The Game Boy lasted a near decade on the commercial market without anything even resembling a successor in sight until 1998, and even then it was more of a marginal stop-gap upgrade than a true next generation. |
Of course not. It's going to stick around as long as people keep buying it.
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I doubt it. Specs don't sell consoles to most consumers. Especially these days in an era of diminishing returns. |
Resolution Gate when the Xbox One and Playstation 4 tells a little bit of a different story.
If you had an Xbox One X and a Switch sitting side-by-side, then the Switch's hardware will become readily apparent of how limiting it truly is... And that will influence some purchases. - The Switch's mobility will influence other purchasers... Not all consumers have the same need/want/desires as everyone else remember.
Shit. The PC has an entire community devoted to the quest of more power and more graphics... And another community devoted to making the latest games run on the crappiest of hardware, irregardless of visual fidelity.
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