Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Operative I think he/she's just upset that the link was removed, forgetting that we have a pretty blanket policy of not allowing personal advertisements in posts.

@ntdojoe Had a look through your site. I'm really impressed and love your concepts - it's cool to see peoples ideas and creativity!

I saw that video- pretty much gave up straight away when he said how he thinks Nintendo will use a "budget" RX 470 and how that fits the rumours of "industry leading chips" whilst the Tegra doesn't.

Firstly is that (and I'll admit I don't know much about this) but the term budget probably does not reflect that the chip can be "industry leading". He seems to use that rumour has support for why it can't be the tegra, despite the fact that it probably would also rule out a budget chip no? Second is I'm pretty sure the eurogamer rumour did suggest it was possible to achieve 1080p, 60fps with a Tegra X1 esp if it is going to be custom designed.

In general SMD just appears to follow the general rule of thumb of more rumours circulating one argument must mean that it is more likely than something that has been rumoured less often. Whilst sometimes that can be true, there is also likely to be lots of cases when that doesn't make sense. For example, a lot of people were/still are expecting the NX to be more powerful than the current gen so it would make sense to 'create rumours' that support that. Secondly, it makes sense for people who are creating rumours to copy existing ones to aim to give it more authenticity.

I'm not saying eurogamer is necessarily right about the NX btw, but I think something that sticks out in my mind as to why I think it has a lot of credence was that it was against the grain of the current consensus at the time. We were all expecting the NX to be a powerhouse that would blow PS4/Xbox away- but nope- it suggested the exact opposite.

I suppose I spoke out of line there. Sorry

All I really wanted was a new home console from Nintendo. But, I hope there's more to it than just the "does 1080p like a charm" angle. Some uniqueness is expected from Nintendo after all. If not the hybrid thing, I hope they have something new on the motion controls to show, something worthwhile to upgrade the Wii Remote Plus or the Wii U GamePad.

@gcunit It's not "personal advertising", I obviously don't get any money from this. As I said, I created this concept to give people an idea of what NX could be and to start a discussion.

@ProjectX1991 Thank you man. You have any suggestions for it? I'm still not entirely happy with the name for their operating system :'D

@ntdojoe Sorry, but those are just the rules. We have to draw a line somewhere and the rule is not to link to personal sites, projects, YouTube channels or anything along those lines. We don't want to open the floodgates to people that do come here with the intention of using these forums as a big billboard. If you have any further questions, please use the contact form; https://www.nintendolife.com/contact and let's get back on the topic.

By the way, nobody's stopping you from posting your own ideas or speculation, that's what this thread is for after all. Just don't post links to your own site in the comments; however, you can post them in your signature.

@Octane I do understand the issue, though I think there's a difference between someone linking to a concept to start a conversation —which, I assume, is what forums are for— and someone linking to something unrelated to the topic or discussion only to promote him or herself or even profit from it.

I'll write everything in the concept in a post then, but needless to say I find this very dumb. Obviously not the end of the world though, so that's good.

The more I read, the more I hope that the NX will have more of a draw to it than just a home-console/portable hybrid. There's got to be an extra layer to "changing the way we play" than just the fact you can play on the go.

I'm so sceptical of this view by some that the handheld will be the main focus - I want a home console primarily, not the other way around.

I actually hope they will not make another new type of controller for the sake of making a new controller. We've got to a controller with its own screen, I guess we've had everything now. Let's stop before getting gimmicks that are nothing more than that.

The actual killer feature of NX will be that it's one platform, means we no longer have to buy games and shell out money for several systems and also that software droughts are virtually a thing of the past. Developers would love NX, and so would we.

To sum it up, I've always thought that Nintendo should focus on and impress with their games and that their hardware shouldn't be anything more than the stage for them.

I wanted to see what you were saying but couldn't due to mod edits. So the post became blank, which became the subject of my tongue in cheek remark.

Though I understand why the rule exists, so no worries.

Yeah im hoping that if it's a hybrid then that'll be it's gimmick. We don't need another weird non conventional controller. Unless it's like the gamepad which did everything a regular controller could with the addition of its screen. Minus the triggers.

A gamepad with a 720p screen and proper triggers would make me so happy

Yoshi x Raving Rabbids is something I would like to play, but it just sounds too farfetched.

@MarcelRguez From my observation post, the content of that 'rumour' seems very credible to me. Though a Yoshi x Rabid Rabbits crossover seems kinda hard to imagine.

@MarcelRguez by it not fitting in your pocket. A lot of people are thinking it will be a "portable" system just like tablets are "portable"

Well for me right now, Nintendo can take their time revealing the NX. I have the PS VR and am hooked. Its giving me the urge to play small bite size games for the time being, so right now I am not thinking about NX every waking moment like before.

@TomJ I should hope that the NX reveal happens before the Animal Crossing Direct and before the Shareholder Meeting, since I'm expecting there to be an Animal Crossing launch title for the NX.

@TomJ It's actually much better than I was expecting. As long as you don't go into it thinking you'll get PS4 standard visuals or resolution but it definitely gives you a sense of being in a different world, especially when flying around space.

The 3D effect is impressive and reminds me of the 3DS in a way, just in a much bigger scale.

But I'd recommend it to anyone and I was someone extremely sceptical of the whole thing, calling it a fad.

Just a quick response to that video. A Tegra X2 (or equivalent) would mean that the NX has the most powerful mobile GPU on the market. That's kinda the definition of "industry leading chips" I would've thought. Because what defines industry leading is where it stacks up in its own little category. Not how it stacks up against other categories. There are super fast M.2 SSDs that are upto ~1TB. They don't become not industry leading just because 10TB HDDs exist.

An RX470 on the other hand, while far more powerful than what Tegra would have, is not industry leading. It's slower than the 480, Fury X, Nano, Fury, 390X, 390, 380X, 290X and 290. It's only slight more capable than the 280X, 285 and 380. And that's just AMD cards going back a few generations. And as anyone into GPUs knows, Nvidia is the king currently. It is not an "industry leading" chip by any stretch.

Now if this thing is as powerful as the Scorpio claims to be? Well then sure. Maybe then you can make the claim that it's using "industry leading chips". I don't think people would take much issue with that. But a 470 is not, not even a year ago. And it's a joke that someone would say that a 470 is "industry leading" while a Tegra chip was not.