Switch OLED is the cancelled Pro. It's very obvious in retrospect that's what all the rumors were referring to. How everything got so time delayed is a mystery, but the rumors we got back then made more sense for a "Mariko unleashed" system, which the Switch OLED shows vestigial signs of being at some point during development.
Affordability depends primarily on node and silicon usage.
DLSS on Mariko to me is a lot more far fetched than Orin based NVN2 devkits in September 2021, sorry.
We don't know. The latter seems more probable I'd say.
Switch sucessor reveal coming soon?
Like GM20B, The GeForce 920MX is Maxwell 2.0 with 256 CUDA cores @ 993 MHz, however it has 8 more TMUs and 8 less ROPs compared to the Switch.
Evidence points to Switch OLED originally being something much more. Most notably, there's hardware functionality in the dock for 4K output.
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Or maybe they're gonna demo the console to the press? Though it is veeeery earlyNintendo when they decide to invite Mochi into the building:
Seriously though I have a really really really really really really really really hard time seeing Nintendo opening their doors to the guy who's known for writing articles that they have to shut down. Maybe I'm wrong and they think it's better to bring him in under a heavy-duty NDA to try and control him or something
or maybe it's a whole thing with multiple publications and Bloomberg is just too big for them to ignore
or maybe he's toying with the internet by posting a picture he took from the street
lmao Lord of the Rings really is an ever present pop culture source material xD
Probably.
Assuming the reporter was invited to Nintendo, and assuming it's something switch 2 related, maybe they're doing a select press demo to them with the console and a piece or two of software, later they reveal and then do an event
Like I said, if HDR was a planned feature it would have needed 4k output.
I do need to genuinely ask,, how often has Nintendo demoed their systems to the press prior to the console unveil or even its announcement? Afaik, it doesn't happen often, at least in the modern era.
Like the first trailer for switch in late 2016, was it late 2016? Don't remember
Okay, just in an attempt to understand the equivalent timing, Project Revolution was revealed at the Pre-E3 2004 conference. For a time frame, that's 2 and a half years before the system would even release. The hands on impression was in May 2005 according to IGN. That actually lines up with how the Switch 1 was revealed in a trailer, then 3 months later got a presentation and a bunch of demos to Journalists and Influencers before a release less than 3 months later.No idea if the timing is right or even remotely comparable (personally, feels a bit too close to the end of the fiscal year, but at the same time, who knows when the supposed hands-on might get public?) but in 2005 they apparently invited press to unveil the wiimote like this:
It was a rare opportunity. Yesterday, just outside of Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo invited us to experience the Nintendo Revolution controller for ourselves. Joined only by Shigeru Miyamoto and a few executives, we attended a sort of schooling on the controller, the centerpiece of the Big N's next-generation platform. It has long been speculated on, but now it's actually something tangible that we can understand -- or, try to understand anyway.
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To show off its features, Nintendo designed a series of crude gameplay demos. Since it did such a good job of helping us understand how the controller works, we'll describe them in detail in the following paragraphs. None of them ran on the Revolution graphics hardware. They were strictly to demonstrate certain features.
TGS 2005: Hands-on the Revolution Controller - IGN
We take Nintendo's innovative new peripheral for a joy ride. Find out why it could change the way we play games forever.www.ign.com
Mochi's office (or even a few of them) is in that building?
I'm good. Have time for only one console, and I also have a huge backlog to work through.
not at that angle
Yeah, to get tree at that angle (slightly pointing upwards), one would have to get fairly close, Cannot get tree at that angle zooming in from that far out.
Is he currently in private property? Since the only reason he’ll be there would be if he’s either going to interview someone or he’s in a studio tour.
I mean, SEGA pretty much always showed their support for Nintendo since the Gamecube, so it doesn't really seem like things are changing, pretty much just the support is increasing. The only real development from this past generation is Atlus' sudden support of the Switch with the Persona series (excluding P3R for obvious reasons). If Yakuza comes to Switch, then SEGA has become one of the defacto second/third party developers for Nintendo. Can't wait for it tbh.
You can find the exact spot on google maps. There's a public sidewalk where he could have took the picture from
Why the fuck would Nintendo invite a Bloomberg journalist to see their new hardware? (Unless it's a ruse to torture him in the basement). He is a business journalist, not a gaming or tech journalist. I do not think he would be invited to Nintendo for any reason.
I legitimately have no idea, but, as an attempt at a counterpoint, why would Nintendo invite a business journalist to Nintendo's Development Complex? Why not the main offices if it were about business or business progress? Furthermore, why would they do this now instead of the earnings release, or the Financial Results briefings in May?
Can confirm, looks like the picture comes from the North side of the development complex
Could just be an interview involving a director or someone higher. A bit more innocuous than sharing Direct info or revealing hardware.
I mentioned it previously, but Mochizuki being a journalist for this is... weird. If it was a press event for showing a game, it would make a lot of sense for smaller, gaming-focused journalists from IGN, Polygon or otherwise to go to the event, not a largely hardware-focused journalist from Bloomberg who likely wouldn't make a preview article for his job. I have very little reason to believe it isn't hardware related or something akin to that. If it was business based, it'd be in the more business focused buildings. If it was software-based, why Mochizuki?
He would not be allowed inside the building/area unless he was there on official business. The fact the photo is at a low angle and so close to the tree shows it was in the grounds. Now, there are trees that are seeable outside of the building/company-owned grounds, but they had leaves in February of 2022. I don't see how they wouldn't have leaves in March of 2024.
Are you thinking the picture is from the east end parking lot? I don't see any power lines in the parking lot, so I still think it is from the North end
Nope. Even in the best case scenario, it's all based on speculation. All we know is that a prolific hardware-focused Bloomberg journalist is going to a Nintendo building that focuses on product (software and hardware) development. The two best guesses, at least for me, are it's something hardware related or another very valid take:
@darthdiablo's guess is pretty good here, but again with the location. Why at this building? Why an interview now? Also, and I really want someone to prove me wrong, I can't find a recent article where Mochizuki has done an interview. I genuinely don't know.
