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@thinkhector gonna need a source on that but still stands they used an off the shelf chip that was software customized while knowing people already had that architecture figured out . Bad idea.pascal would have been a better idea but of course money. Was it worth 65 million in reconfiguring? I dunno.

@Ryu_Niiyama that’s a good way to think about it. Which is why it’s so terrible that this was such an avoidable mistake in my eyes.

@thinkhector I could be wrong about the shield thing that’s why I said supposedly since I’ve only heard people say it in passing and I don’t know the specific specs of the shield. initial tear downs was definitely an off the shelf tegra. I rember this specifically because there were some discussions about it back then.

There’s a bunch of websites that confirm that
https://www.techinsights.com/blog/nintendo-switch-teardown

@CANOEberry since it says 2018 this is for that switch refresh where we got better battery life not the oled models that came out last year.

@RupeeClock it was VERY good software customization. That same chip performed way worse on cell phones with better specs so they did some magic getting it to run games like breath of the wild at a good frame rate. I’m just confused on how nobody on both sides thought piracy wouldnt be an issue sooner than later.

@RupeeClock they modified the software but not the chip. The first initial tear down was a basic T210 with a maxwell gpu. Same ones they used on the shield supposedly

@RupeeClock what do you mean hardly? it literally was an off the shelf tegra we knew that from the first tear down🙃.

it should have used custom hardware gpu instead of an off the shelf gpu people already knew the architecture for. Sure software was customized for the switch by nvidia but nothing was done to the SoC and that was a mistake.

Nintendo shouldn’t have used that off the shelf chip without heavily modifying it for piracy. just sayin.

@RubyCarbuncle it’s not a valid question, especially when a game is making 6 billion dollars. I’m sorry but it’s just pure ignorance. We keep seeing this game make headlines for whether it be money made, real life events, all types of things but still saying “people still play this?” Dude stop it. Just because you don’t “see people” playing doesn’t mean they aren’t, it’s just that people have gotten more efficient at playing them wandering around aimlessly like they were doing in 2016.

Also I just brought up the states because I’m in the states but globally there’s 8.3 million players daily in the last 30 days.

@SS25 there’s almost a million playing per day in the states alone, and anywhere from 60-120 million players playing every year globally. I honestly am tired of the “people still play this?” Phrase Because obviously there’s a LARGE amount of people playing this. Even if you count whales , 6 billion in profit means there are literally MILLIONS of people playing per year.

Pokémon go keeps making more and more money, yet still, you get the “people still play that? 🥴” phrase ad nauseam.

@aznable everyone knows Saturn and dc plays burned cds. But did I not also say oem hardware AND software. There’s a considerable amount people who actually want to play the original hardware still and pay big money to do so. This is who they need to be targeting.

As far as emulation, hardware disc emulation is definitely past damn near 100 percent with a very small amount of games that are incompatible or have issues. You can play most games on Saturn with few issues on PC via mednafen- but you have to have a good computer.

@RushDawg I honestly don’t think it would sell, partially because sega doesn’t know who to sell it to. The community that would pay for this is already modding thjer dreamcasts and Saturns to run games off SD cards, emulation has been smoothed out for the most part. What they all want is oem accessories and maybe even genuine sega shell cases or stock consoles. Those in decent amounts targeted to those people would make sega a lot of money. There are Chinese companies doing this and making a killing right now. Seems like a missed opportunity to me

@aznable I’m actually speaking for a considerable amount of the retro sega community who would actually love to PAY to be able have actual reproductions rather than a “Mini”. Hell I’d be happy with reproduction cd drives. They’d definitely make more money reproducing accessories and oem hardware/software than actually selling a mini as Saturn and dc are niche at best. At least catering to the community who will pay would be a better choice (since sega already knows trying to do a minis is too expensive for the risk)

Also emulation at this point is like 95 percent. It was dodgy like 15 years ago.

Man we don’t want a mini Dc or Saturn mini, keep making accessories and remake consoles with retro-bit so we can continue playing the games. Matter or fact, reprint your first party dc and Saturn titles. They will like crazy, since it’s kind of unprecedented for a company to do so.

Rival turf is a bad game but it’s my jam fr! Also WHERES WAVERACE

That’s a cool ass shirt he got on

I knew it was out there. The previous e3 builds were ok but this is an incredible find

@KayFiOS nah plenty of people got in on the restock and the last one. It was up for like 40 mins and if you saw it in the first hr you got them. There’s just a huge demand so they sold out quick. The first drop was up for a couple of hours but the system was janky. I even got 2 controllers myself the first time after being an hr and a half late

@AlexHarford yea I would play both as these will end up being two totally different games. If you had any love of theme hospital or theme coaster 2 point hospital is a must play

August is wayyy too far for me I’ll still be interested but I won’t have the time personally. Sighs*

I told ya. This departure leaves the door open for someone else to take a big slice of ea’s football pie.

If it isn’t partnered with fifa I’m not buying or playing it. Sounds like a stupid mobile game imo. This will def open the door for a new player or an old player to take some revenue.

@RupeeClock dragalia is a full gotcha action rpg and better than feh imo

Man screw them they cancelled dragalia!

Not good… not good man.

They would be stupid not to. Physical LE’s are HOT right now

Yea only a few more updates away from that good ol C&D

Yea that’s gonna be a no for me dawg

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed while clearly disregarding the fact that switch sales are strong and will continue to be strong clear into 2023. It makes no sense for Nintendo to push out new hardware at that time and there’s no impression at all that they are going to do that. We know they’re working on it but 2023 will not be that year.

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed pure hopium

Just waitin on that physical special edition announcement

Also I’m not liking the sound of that “in game currency” on the website

@YANDMAN business analysts don’t just use leaks they use supply chain reports and parts orders and all types of other things to make that assumption (not even taking consideration there’s still a global supply shortage) . All you are smoking is hopium there is more evidence to suggest there will be no nex generation switch in 2023 you are just making hopeful guesses at this point and THAT is my point here.

Also we all know that even though Zelda moves consoles Nintendo DOES NOT CARE they do not think like that. They will release a nex gen switch with whatever they feel like and we will 100% take that and buy it anyway and they know this.

@Bizzyb it doesn’t make sense because business analysts With more foresight than us don’t see new hardware in 2023 and if it was Nintendo or someone would have definitely said or leaked something by now.
That’s the reality of the situation and that’s why it doesn’t make sense to think botw2 would come with any new hardware in 2023, because new (successor)hardware in 2023 is not happening. Any other hopefulness based on the past is pure hopium not based in reality.

If they pushed it to 2024 there’s a chance, it 2023 no way.

@Bizzyb because we already know it doesn’t make sense for a new switch in 2023. Knowing that fact why would anyone actually think or hope that would happen?
Pure hopium

Everybody thinking botw2 will debut with new switch hardware is smoking that Hopium

Wow, looks like I’ll just have to get….. ALL OF THEM.

They developing new botw2 features in there 🤣

@Azuris not entirely true as I rember sega announcing the mini before the retro it deal and also I think that deal is for NA And globally all controllers were 3 button . We don’t know the truth for sure but what I do know is I hate it here.

I’m rubbing my hands together waiting for that n64 restock. The genesis controllers for NA are trash and I have no idea why they won’t give us the 6 buttons like they do in Japan. I mean they did release here in NA originally too 🙃

@sixrings whatever signs business analyst have been using. Multiple articles from different business analysts say it’s more than likely a new switch comes 2024 and not before.some of those articles are even on this website you can read 🙃

@sixrings I highly doubt a switch 2 in 2023. Most signs point to at least 2024

Elden ring spooked the hell out of them. I’m not surprised and I don’t blame them

@RupeeClock a lot of Nintendo made pins are like this(ones they make for e3 and other promos). They have white space but the enamel around it is of decent quality. I have some sword shield and Mario tennis pins like that and they are pretty good

Not in the US…. Boooo. I’m so pressed square doesn’t think we care about this game in the states. No special edition or pre order bonuses for the most part. Had to import my copy from the uk

I’m glad I don’t want want too many arceus elements in my mainline Pokémon. You like arceus you play arceus.

@Xansies I don’t get what’s wrong with that a lot of ps1 titles were like that as well. Vandal hearts being one of my favorite examples.

Just pre ordered the tacticians edition since it’s shipping to the states. This is going to be a great collectors edition in a few years(not that I would sell)

Good. I just watched it over the weekend and I think they did an excellent job of fleshing out cuphead and his world and also bringing a somewhat modern story telling experience with that 80’s-90’s cartoon flow that a lot of us miss in modern cartoons.

How much youtooz pay y’all for this plug?

Looks like the Japanese version is what I’m getting.