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Switch Rumor Archive Redux (Read posting rules in OP)
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Seriously are the men in black coming after us if someone spills the beans on an app?
Because it is under embargo? Why not just wait a couple of days.
Thanks for clarifying, but I just can't fathom why an app would be under embargo.
What's the point?
Often times a company will send a PR out early so folks can prepare coverage ahead of events like Gamescom, for example.
We don't like being on blacklists. Some of us are weird like that. It ain't easy bein' green.
It's the current state of games journalism. Imagine if MSNBC,CNN and Fox had the smoking gun on something like say the US president colluding with a foreign country, but they were under embargo to talk about it until the president's administration was ready with a statement.
All the insiders are in the know (like the Diablo 3 news apparently), and the rest of us are just gonna have to wait.
Embargoes often exist to synchronise PR media output with reports and ensure material is written as comprehensive and accurately as possible, even in cases where the material in question may be subjectively simple and uninteresting. It's a means of controlling the output of material to ensure PR material from the source (such as their own trailers, press release, screenshots, etc) are of maximum quality and journalists are not rushing content publically at the potential cost of quality. Sometimes they're dumb because the context of the embargo seems irrelevant, but it is what it is and isn't really a new thing or some shift in how the media works.
I know it can sometimes sound sinister and secretive, and sometimes it is, but generally embargoes are there to keep quality of information uniform, consistent, and fair across multiple publications. Publishers sometimes have assorted rules too. Nintendo is a big one. In most cases review copies of their major releases will come with a checklist of specific content which shouldn't be discussed in the review, or points of progression after which content should not be revealed. And it's not done to hide shit game design or anything, but instead prevent publishers spoiling major gameplay and/or plot surprises.
I know it can sometimes sound sinister and secretive, and sometimes it is, but generally embargoes are there to keep quality of information uniform, consistent, and fair across multiple publications. Publishers sometimes have assorted rules too. Nintendo is a big one. In most cases review copies of their major releases will come with a checklist of specific content which shouldn't be discussed in the review, or points of progression after which content should not be revealed. And it's not done to hide shit game design or anything, but instead prevent publishers spoiling major gameplay and/or plot surprises.
People enjoy the power trip of being able to say "I know something you don't know." There's a few people on here who pull this sort of stunt all the time. They won't spill full info, but they'll gladly let you know that they possess that info. If their motivations were to not leak details they wouldn't say anything at all.
We say Fuck Marcus Sellars and his BS and stop bringing him up again and again please.
hey I don't really recall who Marcus is but I was just watching ReviewTechUSA so got excited but it is a very un-Nintendo move so I came here for you guys to throw ice water on me
Thanks all... sigh. still want it.... ...
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I wish we could ask a mod to implement a flag when posting in certain threads that asks you when detecting certain keywords if you're talking about a MS rumor and then throws the disclaimer in your face until your post is about something else.
Honestly the X2 is too weak to be a pro version of the Switch, it has the same CPU and same GPU (basically) it only clocks higher (thanks to 16nm) and has better memory. X2 consumer products are starting to hit the market, so it's not impossible to see something from this, but rather than a 720p current game getting a raw gpu power bump to maybe 960p, they would be better off offering a passively cooled Switch with it, as a Switch Mini for $199.
Reality is we know there is a custom Tegra chip (T214) related to Switch, codenamed Mariko, that was discovered via data-mining 5.0 firmware for the Switch released back in March. People assumed this was to fix the hardware exploit that was thought to be unpatchable. It was patched last month when Switch units with the T210 (the same X1 that they have always used) closed the exploit. The interesting thing to note here is that Mariko isn't X2, as they have different Tegra names, (X2 is Parker) there is also both a 4GB and 8GB RAM configuration for this chip, meaning a Mini makes perfect sense, they can always follow it up with a Pro in 2020, but hopefully this thing has 512 cuda cores, because you won't see the 2.25x performance increase required to push Switch games to 1080p on X2, it would require a ridiculous 1.73GHz GPU clock, meanwhile you could get away with a 921mhz docked GPU clock for 944GFLOPs out of a Volta/512 Cuda core Tegra, this is the correct step for Nintendo to take, even if it's another year or two away.
Lastly, I think it's important to note that the current Switch models could run docked clocks and only lose about 1/3rd of it's battery life, if they release a Mini running the docked clocks of the Switch, they can then move to make 393GFLOPs the baseline performance target available to developers who want to target all Switch hardware going forward. Not saying indies wouldn't opt for the 196GFLOPs that the Switch does now for better battery performance, it's just important to be able to raise the base performance if they want to keep Switch devices from being outdated too quickly.
Do it seems that supermetal Dave is also in on the rumor.
https://youtu.be/nmwsKDENLf0 this is not a new rumor. So are we almost 90% certain of a hardware refresh?
https://youtu.be/nmwsKDENLf0 this is not a new rumor. So are we almost 90% certain of a hardware refresh?
If SMD is vouching for it then you can put a negative sign in front of that 90%.
No actual source is gonna give SMD any real info.
more like 100% bullshit. SMD is always fake. as is Marcus Sellers.
always
SMD is citing a NoA job listing that made vague mention of a SoC, partnering it up with the T214, and speculating that it means a new Switch has to be in the works. Everything said in that video sounds like two conspiracy theorists. At one point they each say "something is up at Nintendo". Well... no kiddin'. The company is always working on new hardware. The idea of a Switch Pro isn't even a radical concept -- it's an inevitability. However, that doesn't mean what they are saying has truth to it, either.
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But didn't the OP say that it was ok to post his rumors along with Emiley's even if they didn't come true yet? Effectively putting him in the boat with ER.
How legit is this dude?
SMD is where MS stole this from.
please ignore both of them equally.
They each claim that wasn't the case, their own sources, and the ReviewTechUSA guy even got a second source hrs after Sellars tweet.
With that said, your secondary statement remains sound advice.
what more do you want today lol
NOA's Nindies @ Night thing will be next week.
Thanks
We never know, a lot of things will happen this week.
I don't know about raising switch performance with a Pro model. Seems negligible to me to go from 196flops portable to 393gflops (docked) in portable mode and then at best 800-900gflops docked? It's nice but idk, seems like much less than a PS4 to Pro or Xbox One to 1X improvement.
I've said many times i'd Rather Nintendo focus on reducing energy use. A $200 switch portable sku (that can still use all switch accessories, docks, etc just doesn't come with them) would be nice. Shrink the node to 12nm, increase battery life, shrink screen to 4.5 or 5 inches, have no fan inside and you're good.
Perfect world though imo Nintendo would release a foldable switch that fits in your pocket like samsung is rumored to do with galaxy next year. 6 inch screen that can fold into a 4 inch form factor for pockets and can even fold into two separate 3 inch-ish screens for split screen local play
But that's a pipe dream
I've said many times i'd Rather Nintendo focus on reducing energy use. A $200 switch portable sku (that can still use all switch accessories, docks, etc just doesn't come with them) would be nice. Shrink the node to 12nm, increase battery life, shrink screen to 4.5 or 5 inches, have no fan inside and you're good.
Perfect world though imo Nintendo would release a foldable switch that fits in your pocket like samsung is rumored to do with galaxy next year. 6 inch screen that can fold into a 4 inch form factor for pockets and can even fold into two separate 3 inch-ish screens for split screen local play
But that's a pipe dream
Par Nvidia having a Volta based tegra available to Nintendo in less than a year it's impossible to make a switch pro with just a die strink and more ram. I could see Nintendo making a revision to the current model with a die strink to help with the heat current issues.
I feel like Nintendo at this point would be working with Nvidia on a custom chipset to make up for any issues that the switch has. Nintendo has had a history of doing custom SoCs for their system.
PAX West is next week. Didn't they do a Nindies presentation at PAX West last year?
Nindies at Night is always in the context of PAX Prime, yea. And they had a Showcase right before(?) as well last year.
Whatever happened to that stronger dev kit that leaked along with the switch dev kit back before the switch was announced
It's still a mystery AFAIK. That leaker got so many things right about the base Switch that it's kinda hard to ignore that but so far it clearly hasn't materialized.
EDIT: I'm surprised this rumor isn't in the OP (or I can't find it there), I'll see if I can find a link to it
Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...r_someone_who_producing_switch_at_foxconn_is/
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I was more talking about Gamescom for this week. There should be some announcements.
That would be a nice thing to have. Dont think they gon let us stream to it though
MELLO isn't coming to the Switch anytime soon. lol
Anymore Star Fox grand prix rumors?
Nothing since E3. Latest is in the OP :)
also, lazy mello. you'd be perfect on switch
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