Comments on: Nintendo NX Hardware Specs Possibly Leaked, More Powerful, Contrary To Previous Reports

By: CTMike

CTMike — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:12:00 +0000

It’s certainly exciting either way. I’m of the opinion that they will pull a DS / GameBoy in that they’re saying it’s not a replacement but really, it is.

I suspect they’ll line up their next home console depending on market trends and NX performance and that the NX ultimately becomes a direct 3DS replacement.

Whatever the intention, I can’t see the next mainline Pokemon appearing on anything but NX and that will be a very important moment for Nintendo. A full-blown home console level Pokemon experience (as an actual mainline entry) would skyrocket hardware sales providing the Pokemon Company don’t push too hard for bigger mobile (Android/iOS) entries.

By: Orion Wolf

Orion Wolf — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:07:00 +0000

In reply to CTMike.

Perhaps Nvidia wants to get someone to use their mobile chips even if they have to sell them for half their worth … the x1 didn’t sell all that well from what I can remember, but as you I’m intrigued (perplexed) by the oxymoron of having the newest Tegra chip in the NX and it being more powerful than the xb1, while still being cheaper than what “the was majority” expects.

Another question – will be a replacement to the 3ds?

The 3DS GPU had 5 (ish) gflops of power, so I can’t wait to see future handheld games, but with devs having 100 x (or more) power at their disposal – imagine the next Pokemon game on this thing.

By: CTMike

CTMike — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:36:00 +0000

The low price point and X2 seems a bit of a stretch to me but, if it’s a custom Tegra that’s somewhere inbetween (with Pascal architecture), it would be interesting to see how much Nintendo can push out of it.

The Wii U was woefully underpowered but Nintendo really managed to push a great performance out of it. If they’re not tied to Android with a decent Tegra, I reckon they’ll be pushing XB1 levels.

That said, this is all personal musing based on other’s speculation and knowledge of architecture. The reality could be almost anything – Nintendo love to surprise us, for better or worse.

By: Nintengods

Nintengods — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:48:00 +0000

Nintendo keeps on winning

By: Jeff Brooke

Jeff Brooke — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 02:48:00 +0000

I’ve gotta say, I’m a little apprehensive, as we may be going back into the realms of wishful thinking, but as a few are now reporting it’s an X2, and actually right from the first eurogamer report people were saying the X2 was more likely (why else would nintendo wait until after the lucrative holiday season to launch a console??) I am still excited by this. Will this X2 really beat out the graphics of the xbox one? I’m not sold on that entirely, but even if it’s comparable, I think this will be a massive launch for nintendo, and really I’d sooner have 95% of the xb1 with 6 hours game play than 105% with 5 hours battery!

Will it save them? I don’t know. They’ve already lost so much ground to mobile by spending more than a decade not trying hard enough with performance that it may already be too late, but I really rather hope it isn’t.