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Sure, but does it play Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
It's a launch title, only reason I'll have the NX on day one because f**k me that game looks f**king amazing.
Sure, but does it play Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
Sorry dude, didn't make myself clear... I was talking about whatever existing device Storm13 is talking about. Very eagerly awaiting BOTW on the NX myselfIt's a launch title, only reason I'll have the NX on day one because f**k me that game looks f**king amazing.
Not sure what we are disagreeing on as I agree on all that you say. Just trying to point out with all the rumors that we have heard that what has just been leaked dose not seem to meet the expectations on what we know, and that is including what Nintendo has said about it. Which is why I'm being cautious on my hype level until an official reveal.Sorry dude, didn't make myself clear... I was talking about whatever existing device Storm13 is talking about. Very eagerly awaiting BOTW on the NX myself
They could slap a triforce on a f**king potato and I'd buy it, to be fair. I know I'm not alone.
It runs on tegra... So it will likely have an X2 in it... On paper they are similar to Xbox One in power. The Nvidia Shield TV is running an X1 and no games have really come out that are console level quality but it is an android platform. It's a mobile processor, so being connected to the TV or portable should be the same power unless they scale it for battery life. Not to mention creating a high speed bus or additional processor would add to the cost massively.I think it will be powerful, the video shows it running the remaster of Skyrim and it looks great.
It might scale down the graphics in handheld mode.
Edit: Here are some details from NVIDIA - https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch/
The guys on neogaf seem to think running on ARM means nothing these days. There have been a lot of rumours for months that it's extremely easy to develop on.It runs on tegra... So it will likely have an X2 in it... On paper they are similar to Xbox One in power. The Nvidia Shield TV is running an X1 and no games have really come out that are console level quality but it is an android platform. It's a mobile processor, so being connected to the TV or portable should be the same power unless they scale it for battery life. Not to mention creating a high speed bus or additional processor would add to the cost massively.
The issue is it's an ARM processor, so a completely different architecture to all other consoles and PC. Porting again will be an afterthought. It will be a gen behind again with Scorpio and PS4 pro coming out but that won't matter if people buy into the value proposition of having a convertible console. It will be interesting to see what Nintendo's decision will be in regards to operating system on the console, if they run a derivative of Android, it could see an increase in development for Android development, which could drive third parties to support the platform, if not, then they may find themselves in the same situation as they've had for many consoles before this.
As a software developer, I can tell you it means something. ARM is powerful these days, no question about it... But it is a different platform architecture to x86 (RISC vs CISC), which all of Nintendo's competitors use, hence it is a larger investment for third parties to optimize for the Nintendo platform. It's a large reason why Sony and Microsoft moved to x86 this gen, so that developers didn't face an uphill battle getting things running on all platforms. It generally isn't a huge issue as compilers compile for the target platform so depending on the language 60-80% of your code is write-once, however things that are down to the metal such as graphics libraries and more complex computational tasks pose significant time constraints when working with such different architectures.The guys on neogaf seem to think running on ARM means nothing these days. There have been a lot of rumours for months that it's extremely easy to develop on.
That NVIDIA link mentions scalability, there are vents in it too, pointing to the likelihood of active cooling. They'll probably run it at a higher clockspeed on the dock and scale it down in portable mode to conserve battery life, like you said.
The list of day 1 software partners is a pretty big deal, it's much better than what they've presented for the last few generations. Hopefully it's not just hot air and Nintendo got it right this time.
Couldn't help bit notice what looked like Elder Scrolls in the video.
Is that the same as the upcoming skyrim remaster for ps4?Yeah it's Skyrim HD.
I get the same feeling about PS4/XBox games of late. Haven't been drawn into anything for a while. Doom was fun.
Is that the same as the upcoming skyrim remaster for ps4?