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CeramicPigeon said:
Respectfully, as someone who has never replied to your posts before but has certainly seen them, there is a big difference between contributing to speculation and being an egregiously pompous ass about it. You're kinda falling into the latter with posts like these if I'm being honest. I don't think anyone would mind your contributions all that much otherwise.
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crazy how someone can stop posting after being extremely unlikeable and then come back saying "I didn't know if I should post again because of the response to my previous posts" and then go right back to being extremely annoying then just promote their socials LOL
 
necrolipe said:
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Aww hell nah, you can't tease people like this.
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I already shouted about this, but this basically reaffirms to me that Nintendo is becoming obnoxiously stealthy with this direct (if it is a direct at this point). There's no reason to be this quiet to the point that Nate hasn't heard anything about a date unless it's something important.

Maybe they're trying to make Metroid Prime fans happy, which is fair.
 
SoldierDelta said:
Aww hell nah, you can't tease people like this.
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I already shouted about this, but this basically reaffirms to me that Nintendo is becoming obnoxiously stealthy with this direct (if it is a direct at this point). There's no reason to be this quiet to the point that Nate hasn't heard anything about a date unless it's something important.

Maybe they're trying to make Metroid Prime fans happy, which is fair.
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Or unless there is no Direct this month and they are planning their next event to be in March/April and reveal the Switch 2 with it.
 
TonyBaduy said:
Or unless there is no Direct this month and they are planning their next event to be in March/April and reveal the Switch 2 with it.
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Which doesn't add up with billbill-kun's tweet, especially since they're among the most reliable out of all of the people talking about Nintendo. Unless they're referring to an event completely unrelated to Nintendo (which that ship sailed when nothing cropped up in the SoP like what they mentioned), there's only one date and one thing they can be referring to.
 
SoldierDelta said:
Which doesn't add up with billbill-kun's tweet, especially since they're among the most reliable out of all of the people talking about Nintendo. Unless they're referring to an event completely unrelated to Nintendo (which that ship sailed when nothing cropped up in the SoP like what they mentioned), there's only one date and one thing they can be referring to.
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I haven't seen that so... I guess I'll comb through the thread for a bit.
 
TonyBaduy said:
I haven't seen that so... I guess I'll comb through the thread for a bit.
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No harm in getting someone up to speed.

This tweet:



Thank you for joining our refresher course, the gift shop is on the way out.

Nah seriously, people are interpreting it in a few different ways, but the key takeaway is "Directly" which is obvious, "15 days" which goes up to the 10th of this month and covers the 7th and 8th, and the general assumption with the indie that it's Penny's Big Breakaway which seems to be a very quality game that I personally am excited for. Still no idea what to think at this point though. Small edit: Oh yeah, and May. Y'know... the most common Switch 2 predicted release date at least up until recently.
 
SoldierDelta said:
No harm in getting someone up to speed.

This tweet:



Thank you for joining our refresher course, the gift shop is on the way out.

Nah seriously, people are interpreting it in a few different ways, but the key takeaway is "Directly" which is obvious, "15 days" which goes up to the 10th of this month and covers the 7th and 8th, and the general assumption with the indie that it's Penny's Big Breakaway which seems to be a very quality game that I personally am excited for. Still no idea what to think at this point though. Small edit: Oh yeah, and May. Y'know... the most common Switch 2 predicted release date at least up until recently.
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He mentions 2 events and the word MAY so I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to reveal it then, as that's when they'll announce their next FY projections too and will be hard to hide it from everyone lol
 
SoldierDelta said:
No harm in getting someone up to speed.

This tweet:



Thank you for joining our refresher course, the gift shop is on the way out.

Nah seriously, people are interpreting it in a few different ways, but the key takeaway is "Directly" which is obvious, "15 days" which goes up to the 10th of this month and covers the 7th and 8th, and the general assumption with the indie that it's Penny's Big Breakaway which seems to be a very quality game that I personally am excited for. Still no idea what to think at this point though. Small edit: Oh yeah, and May. Y'know... the most common Switch 2 predicted release date at least up until recently.
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Last february direct were 09/02/2022 and 08/02/2023 so.... 07/02/2024?
 
What an exciting time huh? Even is MS and Sony looking in to handhelds is BS, its fun to speculate and imagine yeah.

For Xbox one/PS4 games I could see a handheld manage it this year, the PC ports already do well on steam deck, mostly. Series S/X/PS5 games with fairly simple patches... IDK? Maybe for those with PC ports that can run on low end devices, maybe, and that would still be a lot of work. And I don't think 2 years (at least, could be longer) will be enough to get the raw grunt necessary in a handheld form factor cheap enough for the average consumer. And currently Sony/MS doesn't have access to something like full FSR3+ let alone DLSS to help (although we do know they are doing their own machine learning thing (helped by AMD?), that may launch with the PS5 Pro. And that may help).

Ps6 could be 2028. So that's 4 yeears from now. Which seems a little more feasible for such devices but still a big ask for more intensive PS5 games. It could also just come out later still.

Switch 2 titles, Steam deck (2?) and handheld Pcs (and Series S?), might incentive more low/mid end targeting games and by extension help a new Xbox/PlayStation portable too. (Its also possible budgets to push high super high end games just won't be feasible very often).

I can't imagine these devices would have many, if any, exclusives developed by Sony/MS teams given how intensive game development is these days.

Another question is why buy these over a steam deck (2?). Or another well positioned handheld portable? If you keep all your subscription stuff/digital MS/Sony purchases that's a decent selling point I guess. (How exiting will older PS4/xboxone games be to consumers in 4 years?) But then a lot of MS/Sony games come to steam right now anyway. (I guess MS really wants to back linux off and get gamepass on more platforms, and sony wouldn't mind selling more PS+ subs.)

Hard to say. I guess they can also sell at a loss, like valve can. Its also not a terrible idea to look at that Switch market share with some ambition. I just doubt something like this sells incredibly. Maybe it could do well enough though.

The idea of a new steam "console/pc" machine is incredibly tantalizing to me. Linux isn't quite as supported as Windows, but with proton and steam OS its still a pretty decent machine, even for productivity and some mods. What would effectively be Valve-subsidized Linux PC, oriented for gaming and that sounds great honestly. Imagine a Steam machine Series S/X next gen equivalents (but PC so you can still mix and match parts). At this point, its really hard for me to justify a Series X (and even a PS5) over just a regular PC. Especially with how expensive next gen consoles are now. This would pretty much seal the deal.

Anything that makes gaming more competitive/affordable is a win in my books.
 
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TonyBaduy said:
He mentions 2 events and the word MAY so I wouldn't put it past Nintendo to reveal it then, as that's when they'll announce their next FY projections too and will be hard to hide it from everyone lol
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Yep. I will be honest though, I don't think Nintendo will merely mention it at the FY projections... or at least, i don't think billbil-kun would know that they're going to announce it at the projections. That seems like something they'd keep largely underwraps with only the head honchos and R&D department knowing, at least from how I understand things. I can understand knowing that there'll be a teaser trailer or full-blown reveal of the system, but a name drop of it existing? That's the weird part to me, especially if they also know when its next being shown off.

Idk, that's my 2 cents. If billbill somehow knows that Furukawa is going to announce the Switch 2 at a projections meeting, then sure, but it is very strange.
 
SoldierDelta said:
Yep. I will be honest though, I don't think Nintendo will merely mention it at the FY projections... or at least, i don't think billbil-kun would know that they're going to announce it at the projections. That seems like something they'd keep largely underwraps with only the head honchos and R&D department knowing, at least from how I understand things. I can understand knowing that there'll be a teaser trailer or full-blown reveal of the system, but a name drop of it existing? That's the weird part to me, especially if they also know when its next being shown off.

Idk, that's my 2 cents. If billbill somehow knows that Furukawa is going to announce the Switch 2 at a projections meeting, then sure, but it is very strange.
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They did it with the 3DS... but I doubt they'd just announce it as a memo, it could be an event 1 day before the investors meeting.
 
oldpuck said:
I have no idea what this is. Help a brother out?
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Oh god... uhh... I'll try.

So on the Nintendo Direct thread, a user brought up that he heard "chatters" about communications of a new Nintendo console coming to GameStop. This was shortly corroberate with Nintendo Prime (feel free to throw up in a minute) saying he had a source reach out to him with similar information.

Now, this would be pretty big... except for the following that was brought to my attention by Diablo:
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Yeah it's a mess re: Gamestop

12 days ago, a YTer mentioned he had convo with a Gamestop employee that explicitly said he can neither confirm nor deny Gamestop corp told retail to get ready for Switch 2 preorders. YTer of course took "neither confirm nor deny" as proof it's happening (saying employee gave body language like wink wink)

11 days ago, well known thief of rumors mentioned the above YTer.

Today, in our own Fami Direct thread, someone mentioned the Discord chatter.

I asked if s/he was sure this was new rumor, it's not the rumor shared 11 days ago propagating around. S/he isn't aware Gamestop rumor first came out, but "from his/her understanding it's a verified Gamestop employee in the Discord chatter" which doesn't really give any confidence it's a separate source.

Then of course, the same thief of rumors took that Fami mention, ran off to create new YT content today. And also conveniently not including the discussion where I questioned that the Discord chatter might simply be rehashing the Gamestop rumor brought 12 days ago, pretending it's new source of Gamestop rumor. For all we know, this could have been YTer #1 -> YTer #2 -> Discord chatter -> Fami -> YTer #2.
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So like... take it for what it's worth... It's a huge mess and probably doesn't mean much in the end, but if it does end up being actually true... cool? Not solid enough information in its own right though.
 
Angel Whispers said:
Well, Well… Lots to take in because I’ve not posted in here for quite a while, and wasn’t sure if I would again after the grief I copped on what was a shameful day on here. So, I guess this is a “Talk My Shit” post, with some occasional sass. A word vomit, and me speaking to my observations of the current state of affairs, while figuring out where I’m at currently. How’s that successor been, by the way? What do you mean “you’re none the wiser” yet? Let’s examine the receipts. Well, they aren’t mere receipts, or even a bank statement. We’re in transaction history territory at this point…

▫️ No DF/EuroGamer reveal at this point… ✅
▫️ Switch successor still doesn’t have a confirmed name… ✅
▫️ No official acknowledgment of a successor from Nintendo or Nvidia at this point… ✅
▫️ No leaks from manufacturing companies… ✅
▫️ Switch titles still have unconfirmed release dates… ✅
▫️ No further official word from the horse’s mouth or publishers about the successor’s power bracket… ✅
▫️ 16GB RAM isn’t “overly optimistic” now that Nate, Necro, and selected Internet “Influencers” (Never mind official social media accounts!!) tell people what to think… ✅
▫️ Is Yours Truly still on track and on point? ✅
▫️ Would everybody do well to listen to their angelic dyspraxic friends once in a while? ✅
▫️ Is it time to get my petty on, and let the choppers sing? 🔜 Not quite, but you’re dead right I’ve got my tune prepared, and let me tell you, no birds were involved in the musicianship… 🙄😏

Are we already in February 2024 without a Switch successor announcement? Happy New Year to the lurkers who don’t post, by the way (Is it still “New”, even? January was a long year, so they say…), and Welcome Back, Old Pucker… I’ve been one of you (lurkers) since this past November, when I said that it wouldn’t release in the first half of the year for logical reasons, and that Late 2024 (Not before October) was the earliest most probable release date - PS5 Pro rumours are wholly irrelevant to this, just like the Base Edition for the entirety of its generation. It turned out that Investor Meetings really AREN’T Directs, that there were more questions about their hit movie, that one still has to follow the software, and one doesn’t need a rumour mill to find a semblance of a clue after all… So, Yeah… Late 2024 at the earliest, and Spring 2025 isn’t off the table, should developers need more time. Still, we can never understate or underestimate the impact of a pandemic (which isn’t over), no matter how much politicians of certain persuasions want to assure us it is.

So, Where does a successor need to be, both to achieve growth on current success, and to be fit for a generational purpose?

▫️ 16GB RAM (LPDDR5. I’m less concerned about whether it’s 5 or 5X than others, and suspect it’ll be fine. But I’ve made the case for it since 2022, and was the first one on here to do so… I got shouted down quite a few times for making wholly reasonable points, rather than ones based on rumour mills and nebulous hope. That’s BEFORE getting to the fact that contemporary portables have this, phones will, too, and neither Nintendo nor Nvidia are oblivious to this…)

▫️ UFS 3.0 or above (128GB or 256GB most probable, 512GB not unthinkable - I pointed out that this was pre-pandemic tech, still quick, and with room to be better than that)

▫️ 660MHz portable (cited on here), 1.38GHz home (cited on here - I don’t believe it’s a stress test considering what Nintendo actually did on the Switch in 2017, under much worse conditions. Then there’s the fact that Nintendo hasn’t prioritised higher battery life since the DS Lite outside of revisions, only a satisfactory point - Existing Switch titles could probably get a battery life performance boost, too, but I suspect that the words “Up To” will do a lot of work there…)

▫️ A78C octa-core CPU @ 2GHZ+ (2.2GHz, if precise - that puts the clock speed in the same ~62% bracket as its predecessor relative to the PS4, while not falling short or wasting its potential. Single-cluster design choice also has advantages in power consumption and performance).

▫️5nm lithography process (Nvidia has a custom production line for it. Lovelace starts from there, and it’s been known that the SoC was developed alongside Lovelace products since 2021. “But Angel, it’s Ampere!!” - Stop. It clearly has Lovelace elements, too, and will most probably launch on the same lithograph. It’s a CUSTOM chip, meaning it’s its own thing. I’ll call it Amperada…).

▫️Cosmetic 4K support (XB1/PS4 games should hit that easily enough, but I suspect “Up To” will do some heavy lifting once more, and PS5/XS games would be mostly 1080-1440p after DLSS)

▫️Unconvinced of a 120hz screen, BUT believe any 120FPS mode would be in home mode only, anyway. However, I suspect that most will take this trade-off for the “play anywhere” experience.

▫️$399/€399/£349 (I never believed in a “Switch Pro” because there were logical reasons why it was never going to happen. However, When the OLED Model launched, I felt that one motivation for it was to get the userbase prepared for the idea of a $399 Nintendo console).

What gimmick will it have? I’ve thought for some time that the stylus could make a comeback because we still have the DS and 3DS libraries, AND games such as Art Academy still to make an appearance. Think among the lines of the Galaxy Note/S2x Ultra S-Pen, and you have a familiar, but handy gimmick and point-and-click option with motion controls, or even an alternative keyboard and mouse option if used with a single Joy-Con. I would imagine it comes with the system in an integrated silo, same as the Wii U, DS and 3DS. Also, it could be something you could use to sign off a digital purchase, navigate the eShop, etc… I can definitely see something like that in the future, but it would be reformed to work with capacitive screens, instead of the resistive ones if the DS and 3DS.

I feel the above is realistic for an industry-leading portable platform releasing in 2024 and beyond, and I also wouldn’t be surprised if GTA6 appears. I believe Nintendo wants that game on their console, and that they will endeavour to deliver on that goal. I also believe that RDR2 is a formality, and RDR3 is the aspiration. However, the hardware choices above are the difference between a confident certainty, being embarrassingly late to the party on the successor’s successor, much like they were with Minecraft, Fortnite, Rocket League, etc., and turning a 140m+ hit into one that can push closer to 200m, or, at least, eclipse the PS2’s lifetime sales with ease. I’ve been shot down for daring to expect something better in a speculation thread, but nothing I wrote on here was based on a nebulous hope, and I’ve always said if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That’s life. But you know what else didn’t happen? “Switch Pro” didn’t happen. No successor was announced or released in 2023, and while we’re at it, we can stick a fork in H1 2024 because that, too, is done. So, I guess that’s where I’m at, and so far, almost everything I’ve said has played out in real time. However, I’m no industry insider, and I don’t actually follow many people in it on the socials. I wasn’t sure if I would post here again, but I guess it’ll be easier now I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve had to block just to feel safe and comfortable. Not sure, but we’ll see how it goes this time around. Anyhoo, I said what I said, and if anybody takes issue with a fellow user speculating in a speculation thread, feel free to reciprocate the Ignore - I did say this was a word vomit and “talk my shit” post. If you enjoyed my insights and previous posts, I’m still on the socials. Feel free to follow me there. Whatever. As You Were. 💕✨
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where that GDC survery, that implied/sugested around 250 developers is suposedly working on the next Nintendo console, fit in all of this?
 
SoldierDelta said:
Aww hell nah, you can't tease people like this.
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I already shouted about this, but this basically reaffirms to me that Nintendo is becoming obnoxiously stealthy with this direct (if it is a direct at this point). There's no reason to be this quiet to the point that Nate hasn't heard anything about a date unless it's something important.

Maybe they're trying to make Metroid Prime fans happy, which is fair.
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why all of sudden Nintendo become secretive regarding it Nintendo Direct? is because a new console is imminent?
 
Giancarlo said:
why all of sudden Nintendo become secretive regarding it Nintendo Direct? is because a new console is imminent?
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Nintendo have always been secretive. It could be Nintendo is locking things up a bit tighter this round due to nearness of Switch 2 and/or Metroid Prime 4, etc. Speculation on my part of course.
 
bmfrosty said:
I've always been under the impression that DS was under development before the PSP was announced - possibly as just a straightforward replacement for the GBA. A 3D console with SNES controls that maybe had a touchscreen, with the idea that they adjusted plans after the PSP was announced. I have no idea if that's correct or not though.
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PSP was announced mid 2003 along with many of its specs. Nintendo started talking about a third pillar in late 2003. They clearly didn't just start on it when Sony started talking, but having something different ready within the same few days as PSP's launch was surely no coincidence.
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Nintendo was developing IRIS in 2003 - a traditional (and rather lackluster) GBA successor. It is possible PSP announcement is what prompted Nintendo to drift to DS' experimental direction.
 
NZZN said:
This may have already been posted but there is a DLL replacement mod that injects FSR3 AFMF on top of DLSS upscaling allowing for a sort of DLSS frame generation on Ampere and Turing. Would be cool to see developers implement their own version of this for NX2 but doing that would probably breach Nvidia's DLSS license. (thought that may not apply if it's part of
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I've been using this in Cyberpunk and it's been amazing for frame rates with path-tracing.
 
There is another possibility for an unannounced event that no one has taken notice of for next week... and it's that it's mostly 1st party stuff, but why would a Direct only have 1st party games? I believe Nate and a few others get to know about Directs weeks, if not months in advance so it does seem odd. Anyway, we'll know more next week if something happens + Nate's podcast.
 
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Any 3rd Party content could be for a hypothetical Switch 2 version.
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Sure, but any 3rd party content... well, I believe most leakers get to know about the approximate date of Directs due to contacts from said 3rd parties. That not even Nate knows anything is strange to say the least.
 
Angel Whispers said:
Well, Well… Lots to take in because I’ve not posted in here for quite a while, and wasn’t sure if I would again after the grief I copped on what was a shameful day on here. So, I guess this is a “Talk My Shit” post, with some occasional sass. A word vomit, and me speaking to my observations of the current state of affairs, while figuring out where I’m at currently. How’s that successor been, by the way? What do you mean “you’re none the wiser” yet? Let’s examine the receipts. Well, they aren’t mere receipts, or even a bank statement. We’re in transaction history territory at this point…

▫️ No DF/EuroGamer reveal at this point… ✅
▫️ Switch successor still doesn’t have a confirmed name… ✅
▫️ No official acknowledgment of a successor from Nintendo or Nvidia at this point… ✅
▫️ No leaks from manufacturing companies… ✅
▫️ Switch titles still have unconfirmed release dates… ✅
▫️ No further official word from the horse’s mouth or publishers about the successor’s power bracket… ✅
▫️ 16GB RAM isn’t “overly optimistic” now that Nate, Necro, and selected Internet “Influencers” (Never mind official social media accounts!!) tell people what to think… ✅
▫️ Is Yours Truly still on track and on point? ✅
▫️ Would everybody do well to listen to their angelic dyspraxic friends once in a while? ✅
▫️ Is it time to get my petty on, and let the choppers sing? 🔜 Not quite, but you’re dead right I’ve got my tune prepared, and let me tell you, no birds were involved in the musicianship… 🙄😏

Are we already in February 2024 without a Switch successor announcement? Happy New Year to the lurkers who don’t post, by the way (Is it still “New”, even? January was a long year, so they say…), and Welcome Back, Old Pucker… I’ve been one of you (lurkers) since this past November, when I said that it wouldn’t release in the first half of the year for logical reasons, and that Late 2024 (Not before October) was the earliest most probable release date - PS5 Pro rumours are wholly irrelevant to this, just like the Base Edition for the entirety of its generation. It turned out that Investor Meetings really AREN’T Directs, that there were more questions about their hit movie, that one still has to follow the software, and one doesn’t need a rumour mill to find a semblance of a clue after all… So, Yeah… Late 2024 at the earliest, and Spring 2025 isn’t off the table, should developers need more time. Still, we can never understate or underestimate the impact of a pandemic (which isn’t over), no matter how much politicians of certain persuasions want to assure us it is.

So, Where does a successor need to be, both to achieve growth on current success, and to be fit for a generational purpose?

▫️ 16GB RAM (LPDDR5. I’m less concerned about whether it’s 5 or 5X than others, and suspect it’ll be fine. But I’ve made the case for it since 2022, and was the first one on here to do so… I got shouted down quite a few times for making wholly reasonable points, rather than ones based on rumour mills and nebulous hope. That’s BEFORE getting to the fact that contemporary portables have this, phones will, too, and neither Nintendo nor Nvidia are oblivious to this…)

▫️ UFS 3.0 or above (128GB or 256GB most probable, 512GB not unthinkable - I pointed out that this was pre-pandemic tech, still quick, and with room to be better than that)

▫️ 660MHz portable (cited on here), 1.38GHz home (cited on here - I don’t believe it’s a stress test considering what Nintendo actually did on the Switch in 2017, under much worse conditions. Then there’s the fact that Nintendo hasn’t prioritised higher battery life since the DS Lite outside of revisions, only a satisfactory point - Existing Switch titles could probably get a battery life performance boost, too, but I suspect that the words “Up To” will do a lot of work there…)

▫️ A78C octa-core CPU @ 2GHZ+ (2.2GHz, if precise - that puts the clock speed in the same ~62% bracket as its predecessor relative to the PS4, while not falling short or wasting its potential. Single-cluster design choice also has advantages in power consumption and performance).

▫️5nm lithography process (Nvidia has a custom production line for it. Lovelace starts from there, and it’s been known that the SoC was developed alongside Lovelace products since 2021. “But Angel, it’s Ampere!!” - Stop. It clearly has Lovelace elements, too, and will most probably launch on the same lithograph. It’s a CUSTOM chip, meaning it’s its own thing. I’ll call it Amperada…).

▫️Cosmetic 4K support (XB1/PS4 games should hit that easily enough, but I suspect “Up To” will do some heavy lifting once more, and PS5/XS games would be mostly 1080-1440p after DLSS)

▫️Unconvinced of a 120hz screen, BUT believe any 120FPS mode would be in home mode only, anyway. However, I suspect that most will take this trade-off for the “play anywhere” experience.

▫️$399/€399/£349 (I never believed in a “Switch Pro” because there were logical reasons why it was never going to happen. However, When the OLED Model launched, I felt that one motivation for it was to get the userbase prepared for the idea of a $399 Nintendo console).

What gimmick will it have? I’ve thought for some time that the stylus could make a comeback because we still have the DS and 3DS libraries, AND games such as Art Academy still to make an appearance. Think among the lines of the Galaxy Note/S2x Ultra S-Pen, and you have a familiar, but handy gimmick and point-and-click option with motion controls, or even an alternative keyboard and mouse option if used with a single Joy-Con. I would imagine it comes with the system in an integrated silo, same as the Wii U, DS and 3DS. Also, it could be something you could use to sign off a digital purchase, navigate the eShop, etc… I can definitely see something like that in the future, but it would be reformed to work with capacitive screens, instead of the resistive ones if the DS and 3DS.

I feel the above is realistic for an industry-leading portable platform releasing in 2024 and beyond, and I also wouldn’t be surprised if GTA6 appears. I believe Nintendo wants that game on their console, and that they will endeavour to deliver on that goal. I also believe that RDR2 is a formality, and RDR3 is the aspiration. However, the hardware choices above are the difference between a confident certainty, being embarrassingly late to the party on the successor’s successor, much like they were with Minecraft, Fortnite, Rocket League, etc., and turning a 140m+ hit into one that can push closer to 200m, or, at least, eclipse the PS2’s lifetime sales with ease. I’ve been shot down for daring to expect something better in a speculation thread, but nothing I wrote on here was based on a nebulous hope, and I’ve always said if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That’s life. But you know what else didn’t happen? “Switch Pro” didn’t happen. No successor was announced or released in 2023, and while we’re at it, we can stick a fork in H1 2024 because that, too, is done. So, I guess that’s where I’m at, and so far, almost everything I’ve said has played out in real time. However, I’m no industry insider, and I don’t actually follow many people in it on the socials. I wasn’t sure if I would post here again, but I guess it’ll be easier now I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve had to block just to feel safe and comfortable. Not sure, but we’ll see how it goes this time around. Anyhoo, I said what I said, and if anybody takes issue with a fellow user speculating in a speculation thread, feel free to reciprocate the Ignore - I did say this was a word vomit and “talk my shit” post. If you enjoyed my insights and previous posts, I’m still on the socials. Feel free to follow me there. Whatever. As You Were. 💕✨
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I'm not familiar with any of your past posts, but if they were worded even 1/100th as annoyingly as this one, I can't say I'm surprised by everyone else's reactions.
 
ILikeFeet said:
will N3E be much better than N5? because so far, I can't tell if Apple is just disappointing or N3 is
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According to TSMC, TSMC's N3E process node offers 18% higher performance (frequency), 30% to 60% higher density (depending on SoC vs logic), and a 32% reduction in power consumption compared to TSMC's N5 process node.
(The caveats are that some of TSMC's numbers consist of 50% logic, 30% SRAM, and 20% analog, which isn't necessarily indicative of how SoCs are designed, especially since many SoCs nowadays are 70% SRAM/30% logic in design; and there's no SRAM scaling with respect to going from TSMC's N5 process node to TSMC's N3E process node since TSMC's N3E process node and TSMC's N5 process node share the same SRAM area of 0.021 µm².)
 
darthdiablo said:
https://famiboards.com/threads/futu...-staff-posts-before-commenting.55/post-978200

Put together a rough timeline of Gamestop rumors earlier in response to SoldierDelta. Not worth our attention (just IMHO). And for others reading thru that link, feel free to correct me if anything is off.
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SoldierDelta said:
Oh god... uhh... I'll try.

So on the Nintendo Direct thread, a user brought up that he heard "chatters" about communications of a new Nintendo console coming to GameStop. This was shortly corroberate with Nintendo Prime (feel free to throw up in a minute) saying he had a source reach out to him with similar information.
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By even our standards, that is a mess.
 
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