Not sure how it could get much worse than the current material. Mine looked great on launch day, but I definitely wish I'd put a clear case on it. And how could you could rate the 3DS XL over the DSLite? XL was honestly a step down from the original model. I definitely remember Fischer Price comments about it. Weird home, start, select buttons aside, the original 3DS was definitely had a more premium feel. It was also a fingerprint magnet, but so are a lot of other premium devices.
With traditional handhelds you don't typically get local multiplayer or motion controls. It's for people who want a traditional handheld and can still play 95% of the library out of the box, while saving money.
Yeah DS Lite was the bomb. It was the first Nintendo console to have some sort of premium nondescript design and feel to it. He must be confusing.
scummy how? they did this with every one of their handhelds, and in this case, are copying Sony and Microsoft?
If the divice scales well... old docked could be new handheld and then new ports would be playable on old hardware... even if it were just In docked mode. Then you're still hitting that first install base and development doesn't need to take place across more than 2 modes as usual.
Is T214 the one predicted in the firmware. i.e. "Mariko?"
yes. T210 is Erista (X1), T214 is Mariko, T186 is Parker (X2), T194 is Xavier
So it seems more and more that the Mariko chip is likely, but aside from the memory bump (8GB was it? Also a bigger size internal storage), I haven't heard of any clock bump or anything that would put this new chipset around the "new 3DS" levels of an upgrade. This feels more like a "DSi" level of upgrade.
The game doesn't even run at 1080p and you think only doubling the CPU clocks can get it to 60fps? Lol
I don't think the announcmenet was aimed at 3rd parties, though. It was aimed at investors. I beginning to believe that there will be more of a hardware refresh, but not the big upgrade people are expecting. They're probably saving that for the next full generational cycle,and by then, 4k support would be a standard.
the foxconn leak shown there was another Switch being tested at the time that was a physically larger die than the regular switch and had increased clocks (~1.7GHz CPU, ~914MHz GPU). with Matt coming in here mentioning that a "switch pro" has always existed, it (further) verifies the Foxconn leak.
Well no. There are 51 eshop 3DS titles that can only be played on New 3DS models. 4 of which are full retails.
Any link to this foxconn leak? I'm quite skeptical regarding such info. A firmware datamine would seem like a more credible source.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...r_someone_who_producing_switch_at_foxconn_is/
I'd say the major reason why Botw isn't 1080p is it's low 25GB/s bandwidth. It's the major reason Bayonetta 1 and 2 are 720p instead of 900p or above in docked mode. Alpha particles take up a lot of GPU and bandwidth according to digital foundry, so Platinum instead focused more on improving framerate.
If we somehow get Xavier specs, which is at least 1.3 TFLOPs docked with 138GB/s bandwidth and 8GB RAM, it will be very very close to base PS4, with mixed precision mode and it's newer technology and tools.
There's no way a switch Pro even gets close to PS4 level anyway so the idea that they would do a new model to counter anytbing Xbox or Sony does is inaccurate
I expect all nintendo games save a select few to be capable of running on the Gen 1 switch. MP4 included. any game that would be Gen 2 exclusive would be revealed after said Switch
What's the point if all games have to be playable on launch switch? 99% of 3DS games aren't for new 3DS, or rather not New 3DS only titles
So why would anyone, going by New 3DS and DSi, think a Pro Switch would amount to anything more than what those systems got?
If X2 was found to have the same security flaws as the X1, then it most likely is the reason they went with a custom node.
I don't think it has to, quite honestly. It just needs to maintain some level of parity that developers can still make its next-gen games for it while only sacrificing a few things.
how likely that Mariko is just a RAM increase, a redesigned board to reduce power consumption and minor changes to the X1 chip to fix Tegra's vulnerabilities? We did get ipatches. Not surprised if Nvidia decided to fix all security vulnerabilities so that their software engineers don't have to deal with it anymore in future OS updates.
because as you said, it's 2.5 years after the initial switch. unlike the other examples, who all came out so late, there were few games that took advantage of it. with doing this sooner, Nintendo can adopt the Pro/X format of games running on the base system and have improved performance on the Switch pro. and unlike the other examples, third party devs are already attuned to supporting multiple performance profiles, especially if they're using middleware like Unity or Unreal, or have their own dedicated tech staff.
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/ans...curity-notice:-nvidia-tegra-rcm-vulnerability
They would have just used X2, so I find it unlikely.
This is exactly what I described a few pages back and is the most realistic scenario we see occur.
Yep, I've been saying it for about a year now, even have a reddit comment about if I was Nintendo president. I think it will be 3 years, as you described earlier, since 5 to 6 years is long enough to keep the current model relevant without people getting rightfully upset.
I have been playing around with the info available on the Switch and the X2 and I've got two possible scenarios for a Switch with a X2 SoC. Of course my calculations contain a lot of simplications but I think they could be reasonably close to the hipothetical real thing:
Fourth column is a "new Switch" focused on more power with the same battery usage as the current one. It's around a 60% improvement on GPU along with a bit faster CPU AMD double memory bus width and bandwith. They could also increase RAM to 8GB.
Fifth column is a Switch with a bit better CPU and GPU and with the same memory improvements I mentioned before. It would have around 30% more battery life and less heating docked. Maybe the fans could be removed and add extra battery improving battery life further.
Every 3yrs for a revision and then 6 yrs to replace the oldest model will create the illusion and feel of a full gen. Obviously the refresh rate will depend on Nvidia's tech and what's available, but it's a realistic timeline. The leaps in performance will become greater as the yrs tick on, but people really need to get the vision of a PS4/Xbox One removed from their minds for this Switch revision. A Pro, at best, will be 900-950Gflops (could come in even lower), which may be enough to get some downports from PS5/Xbox Scarlet considering UE4 will remain a primary engine for devs next-gen, though things like Frostbite may remain obstacles.
Frostbite, the engine isnt so much the obstacle as the games themselves are. There's nothing preventing shit like Madden from being on the switch other than EA's own apathy for Nintendo
