Leynos said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Nintendo filed the patent for the Switch on June 12th 2015. The Morphus X300 wasn't shown off until October 12th 2015, and has no patent. The people that made the Morphus likely saw Nintendo's patent and hastily threw together a ripoff prototype in time for an October trade show. You'd be surprised by how quickly chinese tech firms can make a prototype based soley on blueprints.
In 2013 Razer had the Razer Edge Pro tablet, but that thing didn't have controllers that slid off, and came together to form another controller. It did have a dock, but I don't think the dock could power it. The dock looks like it just gave you HDMI output to a TV, without powering it. Also, the tablet, dock, and controller were all sold separately at insane prices. I think the whole kit would have cost you $1700 in 2013.
Finally, the idea of putting real game controllers on the side of a tablet have been a thing since before tablets were even around. Just look at the GBA. It's literally a screen with buttons and a D-pad bolted on.
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Sega Nomad 1995. Portable console. Plugs into the TV. Extra port for 2 player. Turbo Express 1990. Doesn't hook up to the TV but does play TG16 Hucard games.
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Oh man, that gave me a good chuckle. I knew the Nomad existed, but never would have expected this response. Nomad was outdated tech by the time it launched in October 95, because Playstation and Saturn were just a couple of months away. Nomad can never in a million years play anything resembling a PS1 or Saturn polygonal game. Meanwhile Switch has ports of tons of XB1 and PS4 AAA titles. If Nomad had launched in 91 you would have had a point.
P.S. I actually got to hold a Turbo Express once. It was a sick handheld, and I wanted it. But they go for $300 in this day and age.
