Before I begin, I must say two things.

Nintendo has not shared the final name or reveal date with any developer.

I can not confirm exact specs.

What was said by neogaf member LCgeek about CPU seems correct, but does not reflect rest of the system at all.

I know that handheld exists, but have not been given any details. I suspect that the handheld may be a factor in my frustrations.

This is not an AMA. This is a rant.

I work for a studio under a publisher working on several games for current-gen systems, NX, and PC. When we first heard about NX, we were all cautiously optimistic about getting to work on a Nintendo platform again. Information from Nintendo implied that this would be an easy to develop for console. In truth, it is not hard. The tools may be the best for a Nintendo console yet. However, the performance makes it difficult to optimize for! This is a 2016/2017 console with 2012 performance! To put into perspective, XBox On to PS4 is the same as NX to XBox One. If we make a game that is 1080p on PS4, it is 900p on XBox One and 720p on NX. It does not have CPU bottleneck like other consoles, but still needs a faster GPU to compete. If a game is 900p on PS4, then it may be sub-HD on NX! In 2016! What the fuck Nintendo! As a result, several games which other studios wanted to port to NX console will not be ported at all. Our publisher only has 3-5 games planned for it, less if it is a flop at launch or a game can not be optimized We do not know why NX is so weak, but it may be due to game sharing with handheld? I can not say for sure since I do not think any non-Japanese or maybe non-Nintendo developer actually has access to handheld-specific development tools. I just hope that Nintendo does know what it is doing, or it may become our competitor soon. But with hardware like this, should Nintendo even make consoles anymore? I am not so sure.

EDIT: Some clarifications:

I originally had two points, but thought of three more

I do not know if game sharing is actual thing that will happen, but is only reason I can think of for this console being so weak

I do know the specs, but I cannot confirm them due to NDA. I want to keep leaked information to a minimum as to not be tracked.

I will not get verified at risk of being tracked or doxxed.

I have posted this because all off the fake rumors have talked about good specs and I don't want Nintendo fans to be disappointed. I wish I had a better story to tell. I'm sure that Nintendo's games will be beautiful, but third-party ports will be inferior to other consoles. I am sorry.

Please inform me if further clarification is necessary. :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nintendo_NX/comments/4eh6n1/working_with_nx_is_such_a_frustration/

We only got like 4 rumors this week. It's been a really slow week for NX rumors. By this time we usually have like 10 lol. 

My bet is on this just being another random person putting up false rumors and if the comments are telling the truth, this is already verified false on NeoGaf.

I think there would be a direct and after that shit will go crazy. Im wondering when the NDA ends btw. 

Reddit isn't biting so I won't either

The leaker 10k is about to drop some more info on gaf about the NX. 10k is the one who talked about the different T layers of rumours verified by different people and remasters the console will have.

Reddit doesn't seem to be buying it. It's in Nintendo's alley but it doesn't seem true atm.

That is so clearly baloney. Guy should have put some effort into it

There is no way this could be true.