There is a higher pressure towards Nintendo because they are usually technically behind the other brands. Usually it is not much of an issue, but in the current PS5/Xbox Series X era, this means many of the current multiplataform titles can't run on the Switch specs. As a result, there is a higher pressure for a more powerful device to come out that can get third party support.
The GamePad itself was such a hard sell that they probably didn't see a benefit in trying to release accessories for it, if there was ever a plan to. Or it could have just never had any concrete plans, and been left for future expansion. There are usually one or two ports or sensors on Nintendo hardware like that, although they're usually not totally unused, like the IR on Game Boy models.I know am late to the party but speaking of weird Nintendo controllers ports. Anyone remember the Wii U gamepad bottom port? It was described by Nintendo as a "accessory port" but that didn't happen. The Wii Mote gun as shown in Wii U 2011 reveal was likely one of the things which used it. But hey iirc Nintendo used that port internally to capture gamepad footage.
That would never stop Nvidia from advertising it as a good handheld SoC though.
I mean "the chip they are customizing" would be Orin, not specifically Orin NX.
Yeah there's nothing particularly new or interesting about that post.
1 . Nobody specifically said "Drake is cancelled"
It's very unlikely that a Nintendo device releasing H1 2023 would use anything but Drake.
Not necessarily, anything that has been suggested as a baseline is still an impressive jump with the addition of DLSS to achieve 4K resolution. If anything it's the chip could easily be marketed as one or the other given the jump in power it offers.
Looking at the specs of the soc, it isn't.
It's more accurate to say "we have no idea what was happening with this mid-gen refresh, this is our best guess." We know a lot about the chip, and there is nothing to worry about on that front. How Nintendo chooses to use it is an up in the air question, but we basically have rock solid numbers on how big it is, and it is designed to be 6x as powerful as the original Switch.
About that. I think I remember you teased some information from the Nvidia docs about the physical dimensions of Drake. Are you still planning to post that?
If you think about it, if Drake released tomorrow it would be in the exact same position power wise in comparison to series s/x ps5 as if it releaseses a year from now.
Their reasoning
Edit: beaten - I'm glad I asked though
Ehhh, it's not entirely out of the question. If Drake sampled in August (latest date from our window) and Drake takes as long as Switch did from TX1 (unlikely, considering Nintendo's earlier involvement, but possible), that would be a Holiday 2024 release.
not an insider, just a speculator as the rest of us.
SF6 is coming to Xbox though?
Betting on a new live service game that will be revealed to last until 2025, hopefully team 2024 who has this reasoning won't have a meltdown.
It's apples and oranges to compare to the original Switch's use of Tegra X1. TX1 was a product that had its own development timeline completely independent of Nintendo before Nvidia pitched them on using it. With T239 on the other hand, we have every reason to believe it's a custom chip for Nintendo, so its development timeline is vastly more likely (even if not definitely) based on Nintendo's own schedule.
