The beauty is nintendo is clearly delaying to get shit in order. I can tolerate that really I can considering what we ended up this gen.
Nintendo I felt slacked in SDK after GC by not documenting shaders or researching them like other big companies do. I will extend it out further in a way more gamers can relate. Look at what amd and nvidia do with their hardware for gaming be it streaming with games or gameworks with the amd equivalent. Nintendo should be looking to embedded their essence along with more technology in to games so it's automatic or very easy to alter a company own desires in to a game. Same for tool nuance I think PS4 has some of the best optimization tools and the nuance I feel isn't there on one end same for a bro whose less anal me giving me info. DX as a platform api gives so much and combined with it allows in creation for making a game good UI or engine design like netcode it's obvious that vulkan/opengl consortium is still playing catchup but is actually getting there, say its 80-90 based on benchmarks and at time superior when done right. I want nintendo do to the work others do and just bite the bullet and get a team to really figrure out things. They did it on N64 and Cube, someone already mentioned the problems with n64.
MuchoMalo I don't see exotic in their in desires. What I do see is taking something from amd and doing what Sony just pulled. The problem is sony takes time to ensure any changes in hardware are reflected well enough in how you harness, its alot better than say PS2 or PS3 were in these regards. Nintendo is lacking, which is lot better than anything they did on Wii or WiiU. Worse like last time they might not ask for the power they could.
I don't use time any more for ports in terms of ease. I look at what they do in terms of performance vs what is there on other platforms or how they improve in time we can really see where it is. Yet from looking around, short of seeing EA, ubisoft and few other heavy hitters show up it speaks volumes. The beauty is nintendo is clearly delaying to get shit in order. I can tolerate that really I can considering what we ended up this gen.
People peg Wii wrong. They only altered GC architecture to be able to handle the controller and did another soup up to make it more like the original foundation. They never bothered, WiiU is infinitely worse they tried and didn't care to realize it was that weak.
Looks like the 3 chip sets from AMD were the Xbox One S, the Xbox One Scorpio, & (very likely) the PS4 Neo.
More fuel to the fire for the "NX Platform will use Nvidia chips" rumors?
XboneS doesn't count as a new win, most likely. One of the wins is using an ARM CPU, so unless either that actually changed since 2014 or Scorpio is using an ARM CPU, we still have an unknown contract.
By the way, I want to point out that Emily never specifically said that NX is using an Nvidia chip, but rather that "future Nintendo hardware" will.
The XB1S seems to have different chips than the original, with newer features and slighly upgraded hardware. AMD would definitely count this as a design win.
Is that ARM design for a game console?Then what happened to the ARM win?
If the APU is just a die shrink, I don't think it would count.
I though the S was a die shrink and clock speed bump.The XB1S seems to have different chips than the original, with newer features and slighly upgraded hardware. AMD would definitely count this as a design win.
Then what happened to the ARM win?
If the APU is just a die shrink, I don't think it would count.
I though the S was a die shrink and clock speed bump.
The fact that both the PS4 and Xbox are getting follow-up consoles/mid-generation updates in 2017 is putting Nintendo in an even more difficult position. Even if the NX would kinda be on-par with the current systems (and looking at this thread and Nintendo's history this seems doubtful) it seems like NX is gonna start its life cycle again by lagging behind in terms of technology.
I can only hope Nintendo had anticipated the mid-generation refresh by their competitors. Maybe that's another reason for the rumored delay from 2016 to March 2017'?
XboneS doesn't count as a new win, most likely. One of the wins is using an ARM CPU, so unless either that actually changed since 2014 or Scorpio is using an ARM CPU, we still have an unknown contract.
By the way, I want to point out that Emily never specifically said that NX is using an Nvidia chip, but rather that "future Nintendo hardware" will.
Keep in mind that Emily has a very long history of lying and deception.
The fact that both the PS4 and Xbox are getting follow-up consoles/mid-generation updates in 2017 is putting Nintendo in an even more difficult position. Even if the NX would kinda be on-par with the current systems (and looking at this thread and Nintendo's history this seems doubtful) it seems like NX is gonna start its life cycle again by lagging behind in terms of technology.
I can only hope Nintendo had anticipated the mid-generation refresh by their competitors. Maybe that's another reason for the rumored delay from 2016 to March 2017'?
Keep in mind that Emily has a very long history of lying and deception.
Um her hit rate is pretty good?
She's hit on the obvious things, but everything else that she's "predicted" have failed to materialize
That could be true for the core CPU/GPU elements, but they would have had to modify the UVD on the chip to support 4K Blu-Ray and HDMI 2.0. I'm really not sure if that counts as a design win or not.
Probably the latter if I had to guess. Trev is just speculating now. If he had a source for his AND/Polaris claims, he would say so.I'm curious as to why people still cling to AMD. What hints or rumors are making you believe AMD? Is it Trev? Or just because AMD has been a partner of Nintendo for yrs now?
I'm curious as to why people still cling to AMD. What hints or rumors are making you believe AMD? Is it Trev? Or just because AMD has been a partner of Nintendo for yrs now?
I'm curious as to why people still cling to AMD. What hints or rumors are making you believe AMD? Is it Trev? Or just because AMD has been a partner of Nintendo for yrs now?
Sorry but I'm out of the loop, who is Emily rogers?
She's hit on the obvious things, but everything else that she's "predicted" have failed to materialize
Sorry but I'm out of the loop, who is Emily rogers?
AAA Zelda and Mario on PS5/Xb2/Steam won't exist even if Nintendo drops out of hardware. The cost of games like that is subsidized by pushing hardware, without a system to justify the investment Nintendo won't bother and will instead focus on lower investment / higher return mobile development. Just like the rest of Japan.
The day Nintendo leaves hardware is also going to be the day you lose high production 3D Mario and Zelda games. Be careful what you wish for.
Back to Square 1, I suppose. That being said, the AMD thing concerning the 3 console wins does help narrow things down.Well Emily Rogers just took a credibility hit over the female Link thing.
Well Emily Rogers just took a credibility hit over the female Link thing.
Can we finally just declare she is not reliable and stop discussing everything she arrogantly and vaguely mutters about?Well Emily Rogers just took a credibility hit over the female Link thing.
Well Emily Rogers just took a credibility hit over the female Link thing.
Even if there isn't a female Link, it was strongly considered. Everyone swore by the Gematsu leak from Smash because it was later confirmed that Chrom was considered, but didn't make it too far past the planning stage. We don't know how far Female Link got, but we know it went somewhere. Plus, we do have voice acting, at least in this trailer. I don't really see this as a mark against her.
Can we finally just declare she is not reliable and stop discussing everything she arrogantly and vaguely mutters about?
Although I'd love to know how she's defending her increasing profile of misses right now.