Orin has already been out since 2021 and has always been the focus of hardware speculation, particularly after the Nvidia leaks of a T239. The price of an Orin Nano dev kit is irrelevant, the Orin Nano module is already only $200 and AI demand isn't going to be affecting an enterprise customer like Nintendo, the same way Microsoft and Sony maintained chip access in the crypto bubble.
Nintendo isn't going to use some off the shelf developer kit, any more than they would use some off the shelf chip. Those dev kits will be specific to the console, and won't cost insane amount of money. Enterprise customers like Nintendo don't pay the same prices or get the same product as consumer level customers.
The newness of the chips is pretty irrelevant. Its clear that Nintendo have been working with Nvidia on the Switch's successor probably since not long after the Switch launched. The earliest Orin chips were actually shown off in 2021. Nintendo would almost certainly have had early access to the tech, and Nvidia would have worked closely with them to produce custom chips with the best specifications towards both performance and cost.
No they don't and no there aren't. Also I don't want either of those things together. Let's just stick to 1080p at 60fps (like I was promised 15 years ago) and not get too crazy here.
So with DLSS performance or whatever it is when it upscales from 50% res scale, I doubt there is frame generation being used since that looks like (worse) garbage when generating from below 60fps. I can see a new Switch being able to run BOTW at 1080p 60fps since the current Switch runs it at 900p 30fps, but saying its 4k when there is DLSS being used is very misleading, or they could also just mean 4k output of a 1080p image, which is also misleading.
I mean if the hardware can handle 4k with only a 10% load and no adding distracting special effects then might as well upscale all of the Virtual Console stuff. I bet you'll be able to transfer your Switch game library to it, and It'll have emulators for pretty much everything else. Bonus if it will let you import your Wii, Wii U, and 3DS eShop libraries, but I doubt it
it continues to baffle me how people trust game journos, but only during the lead-up to new consoles coming out
Could easily just be if, they are just using BOTW but scaled up to 4k, like the PS4 Pro enhancement patches, which I can see. For actual new games not built around the limitations of the Switch, i doubt a native 4k can be achieved unless its a lightweight or previous gen port.
Modern developers would use it as an excuse to optimize even less and I would get 50fps at 1080i.
I suppose they could, but statistically Nintendo gamers expect a higher level of quality in their games so a game that's buggy or kills the battery quickly won't sell as well.Modern developers would use it as an excuse to optimize even less and I would get 50fps at 1080i.
Agreed.
If it's mostly stuff that's releasing this winter I doubt there'll be too many big announcements (probably a few, but I can't imagine that they have too much lined up for that season that hasn't been announced yet considering how close we'd be to release). I would've expected a large focus on Wonder if it wasn't for that standalone Direct- it'll probably get at least a mention in this one anyways.
Calling it now:
I hope Nintendo does reveal more details for the new console like what they were doing at Gamescon
I would imagine a new switch would be thicker if it isn't wider screen wise, if only for the cooling system to get to native 4k in such a compact package.
