Yeah sorry I don't have access to Intel confidential information, clearly they'll give a magic 50% discount to Nintendo and Nintendo can just magically write an FPGA core for nothing, or spin up a new manufacturing process for free. My job I see the costs involved for contracting companies to make defence hardware, so I actually do have some clue. Unlike you has just made up a bunch of stuff and who's only recourse is unless someone shows an invoice for the confidential cost price information for individual components involved it could magically happen.
Dude the only one missing all the points is you, because you just make stuff up. The base cost of a chip from a manufacturer has a lot to do with how much it may or may not cost Nintendo, there's only so much margin in a chip, Intel's not going to just give them away. Tens of millions of Units? You expect it to sell as many as the SNES originally did?
@impurekind you're completely delusional, defending your opinion with "you're lucky I didn't do my research or I'd win" is just trolling, how about you do some actual research instead of just making up your own world of business. Nintendo aren't going to get costs of an equivalent machine to this any time in the near future.
The FPGA chip used in the Super NT is $53 on its own direct from Intel, then they'd need to design the board, pay for all the I/O components, contract someone to or have a team design, write and test the FPGA code etc, these are all costs Analog have put into the manufacture of this.
If Nintendo were to build a new system from scratch they'd have to source now obsolete parts or redesign replacements. An expensive exercises for what amounts to a system that the wider audience won't see the value in vs an emulator in a box such as the SNES Classic.
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Re: Hardware Review: The Analogue Super Nt Is The Ultimate Way To Play SNES Games In 2018
Yeah sorry I don't have access to Intel confidential information, clearly they'll give a magic 50% discount to Nintendo and Nintendo can just magically write an FPGA core for nothing, or spin up a new manufacturing process for free.
My job I see the costs involved for contracting companies to make defence hardware, so I actually do have some clue. Unlike you has just made up a bunch of stuff and who's only recourse is unless someone shows an invoice for the confidential cost price information for individual components involved it could magically happen.
Re: Hardware Review: The Analogue Super Nt Is The Ultimate Way To Play SNES Games In 2018
Dude the only one missing all the points is you, because you just make stuff up. The base cost of a chip from a manufacturer has a lot to do with how much it may or may not cost Nintendo, there's only so much margin in a chip, Intel's not going to just give them away. Tens of millions of Units? You expect it to sell as many as the SNES originally did?
Re: Hardware Review: The Analogue Super Nt Is The Ultimate Way To Play SNES Games In 2018
@impurekind you're completely delusional, defending your opinion with "you're lucky I didn't do my research or I'd win" is just trolling, how about you do some actual research instead of just making up your own world of business. Nintendo aren't going to get costs of an equivalent machine to this any time in the near future.
The FPGA chip used in the Super NT is $53 on its own direct from Intel, then they'd need to design the board, pay for all the I/O components, contract someone to or have a team design, write and test the FPGA code etc, these are all costs Analog have put into the manufacture of this.
If Nintendo were to build a new system from scratch they'd have to source now obsolete parts or redesign replacements. An expensive exercises for what amounts to a system that the wider audience won't see the value in vs an emulator in a box such as the SNES Classic.