Nintendo NX Is A HandHeld Console, Less Poweful Than PlayStation 4

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There were rumblings that there would be some major unofficial news about the NX soon, and it seems that day has arrived in the form of a massive Eurogamer leak about Nintendo’s new console. An extensive article details for the first time what exactly the system is, and as many predicted, Nintendo’s new console is heavily focused on mobile play.

Not just heavily, almost entirely.

According to the Eurogamer report, the Nintendo NX is a 100% portable console. The entire pitch of the NX will be that you can “take your games on the go,” meaning you can take the entire system with you, not just pieces of it, as some predicted. Here are the highlights of the report:

• On the go, the device has its own display and is completely portable. It may have two controllers that attach to the unit itself, so it can be played, to some effect, like a mobile home console.

• At home, the console will plug into a docking station where you can then play its games on a regular, large TV.

• The NX will use physical media, but it will be returning to cartridges, not discs. The recommended cartridge size may be 32 GB, which is smaller than many modern games.

• Since this is a huge change in tech, the NX will almost certainly not be backwards compatible.

• As for power? Here’s a direct quote: “Graphical comparisons with current consoles are difficult due to the vastly different nature of the device – but once again we’ve heard Nintendo is not chasing graphical parity. Quite the opposite, it is sacrificing power to ensure it can squeeze all of this technology into a handheld.”


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Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/07/26/new-leak-says-the-nintendo-nx-is-a-less-powerful-entirely-portable-console/#6ea0274863f1

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QTPosted:

-Zed Yea I'm just waiting for Scorpio. All these recent releases have disappointed me a lot honestly


Scorpio is going to be sick asf.

M9zPosted:

Yea I'm just waiting for Scorpio. All these recent releases have disappointed me a lot honestly

Mr_RobotPosted:

idk about yall. but im excited for this

redbaby92Posted:

That is a big let down. I was really excited for this console and now I just don't care about it.

SupervisorPosted:

I'm not going to be getting this either. Scorpio is where it's at.

XboxPosted:

Don't think I will be getting this. Just going to wait until the Scorpio comes out.

9ntyPosted:

"At home, the console will plug into a docking station where you can then play its games on a regular, large TVX - That's cool to have for the Nintendo NX. Not bad at all.