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Soundwave on 02 September 2016
bigtakilla said:
If this info is true (and I trust ER as much as my old friends who said their uncle used to work for Nintendo) it seems like a step backwards from Wii U.

Emily says it's still more powerful than a Wii U, so something in between a Wii U and XBox One I guess? And it is actually portable ... which would be a large difference from the Wii U. 

It sounds like basically a better version of the Wii U if anything. I guess the question is how much better. 



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malistix1985 on 02 September 2016
Soundwave said:
malistix1985 said:

I don't mind the games being 720P and better quality, but having the 1080p for browing and viewing movies and stuff (if its a portable) seems like a slam-dunk because you want people to be able to do all kinds of stuff with it, and the console, if true, is quite big with over 6" 720p is just not going to be great, imagine if the console has to last 5+ years, its only going to get more dated.

720p on 6-inch screen is pretty good for movies even. For text/websites that's where it's probably not as good but even then its not like its unusable. 

I have a 8-inch Samsung 1280x800 tablet and it's fine. 

I agree its "fine" but a console that needs to on the market for many years you want to go with a display that is great!, maybe just my opinion




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Soundwave on 02 September 2016
malistix1985 said:
Soundwave said:

720p on 6-inch screen is pretty good for movies even. For text/websites that's where it's probably not as good but even then its not like its unusable. 

I have a 8-inch Samsung 1280x800 tablet and it's fine. 

I agree its "fine" but a console that needs to on the market for many years you want to go with a display that is great!, maybe just my opinion

I'm more concerned about the chip to be honest, I think Nintendo might throttle/down clock the chip because they feel something like "double the Wii U is good enough". 



think-man on 02 September 2016

I just feel sorry for Nintendo fans in the forums.



 

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bigtakilla on 02 September 2016
Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:
If this info is true (and I trust ER as much as my old friends who said their uncle used to work for Nintendo) it seems like a step backwards from Wii U.

Emily says it's still more powerful than a Wii U, so something in between a Wii U and XBox One I guess? And it is actually portable ... which would be a large difference from the Wii U. 

It sounds like basically a better version of the Wii U if anything. I guess the question is how much better. 

It still isn't going to produce even Xbone quality graphics, with those consoles being on the market for 3 1/2 years, maybe 4 if the device is pushed back to holiday. Wii U was more powerful than Xbone/PS3.

Sure it's a console a bit more powerful than the Wii U on the go, but with crappy battery life how good of a thing is that really. And it's really only beneficial if you are a gamer who actually takes their gaming on the road.

No mic essentially means no voice chat. Granted Nintendo games themselves never used it really, but third parties did. I was hoping Wii U would be the next step forward in online gaming.



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teigaga on 02 September 2016

Questionable Battery life and weaker than X1 are 2 seems like 2 inevitable things given the hybrid premise.



Soundwave on 02 September 2016
bigtakilla said:
Soundwave said:

Emily says it's still more powerful than a Wii U, so something in between a Wii U and XBox One I guess? And it is actually portable ... which would be a large difference from the Wii U. 

It sounds like basically a better version of the Wii U if anything. I guess the question is how much better. 

It still isn't going to produce even Xbone quality graphics, with those consoles being on the market for 3 1/2 years, maybe 4 if the device is pushed back to holiday. Wii U was more powerful than Xbone/PS3.

Sure it's a console a bit more powerful than the Wii U on the go, but with crappy battery life how good of a thing is that really. And it's really only beneficial if you are a gamer who actually takes their gaming on the road.

No mic essentially means no voice chat. Granted Nintendo games themselves never used it really, but third parties did. I was hoping Wii U would be the next step forward in online gaming.

Could still be a reasonable upgrade on a Wii U ... if it can match say a Nvidia 830M (laptop GPU) from 2014 that would be ok I guess. That can even run games like Batman Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3 at 720p. My worry is Nintendo will needlessly gimp the chip. 



malistix1985 on 02 September 2016
Soundwave said:
malistix1985 said:

I agree its "fine" but a console that needs to on the market for many years you want to go with a display that is great!, maybe just my opinion

I'm more concerned about the chip to be honest, I think Nintendo might throttle/down clock the chip because they feel something like "double the Wii U is good enough". 

In all Honesty, since the Wii, I am just always concerned with Nintendo, I love (most) of their games, but the hardware... I wish things where different there and I agree with you I am also worried about the chip , If its portable and a bit slower then the current gen consoles, thats ok, if its quite a bit slower..... with a 720P display, on my 4k tv..... I don't know lol

I meen even tough its a Hybrid (rumoured) the chances it will leave my TV's side a lot is slim, especially if a tablet or phone is better on browsing and stuff, so it might just end up being a underpowered console xD, I guess I would just keep my Wii-U and play zelda on that




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bigtakilla on 02 September 2016
Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:

It still isn't going to produce even Xbone quality graphics, with those consoles being on the market for 3 1/2 years, maybe 4 if the device is pushed back to holiday. Wii U was more powerful than Xbone/PS3.

Sure it's a console a bit more powerful than the Wii U on the go, but with crappy battery life how good of a thing is that really. And it's really only beneficial if you are a gamer who actually takes their gaming on the road.

No mic essentially means no voice chat. Granted Nintendo games themselves never used it really, but third parties did. I was hoping Wii U would be the next step forward in online gaming.

Could still be a reasonable upgrade on a Wii U ... if it can match say a Nvidia 830M (laptop GPU) from 2014 that would be ok I guess. That can even run games like Batman Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3 at 720p. My worry is Nintendo will needlessly gimp the chip. 

But how well could it run them,  especially if third parties are phoning it in? If the frame rate is garbage or the textures and other effects have to be turned down is it even worth It? And how long would a game that's pushing the system last in portable mode?

Seems like a modern day Wii to me from a hardware perspective.



JRPGfan on 02 September 2016

How would see know if its only prototypes & dev kit versions?
How can she comment on battery life?

Has she seen and tested a "final" version of the NX?
Is this like the PS4 slim and there are NX floating around out there in the ether?

I think shes just makeing much of this stuff up... or makeing educated guesses.