Battery drain, heat, noise, moving parts.
I sure hope the handheld part can do without the need for vents and whirring fans.
The NX Prediction / BSpeculation / Fanxiety Thread
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Battery drain, heat, noise, moving parts.
I sure hope the handheld part can do without the need for vents and whirring fans.
Vanillalite
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If it's just in the dock portion that's fine, but nobody wants to deal with that shit in a portable device these days.
It means the device gets hot and needs active cooling. Extra parts. Extra noise. Extra shit to deal with when you are holding the damn thing as it blows hot air out. Worse battery life.
Eurogamer can't be trusted, they missed lots of things, like the september reveal and not even updated the article.
Me too, honestly.
That or the reveal of the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts open world game that uses the new motion controllers as wands. Please 
That is problematic. All I can hope is that maybe the dock has those parts.
digoutyoursoul
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Not disagreeing with you but what kind of stuff has he she got wrong previously? A couple of examples. I haven't really took much notice of her before.
Yep, i've got a Surface pro 4, and when i play games on it or i make something heavy like video or photo editing its fan turns on, it's not really that loud to be annoying, though you can definitely hear it, and since NX is made to run games, also pretty heavy ones like the new Zelda, i think that fan will be on most of the time.
But again if it'll be like the one in my SP4 it's not big deal, especially since it gets easily covered by the game sound
Vanillalite
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This x 100000000
The active cooling might be in the phablet but only power on when docked. Ya know, like the old "unlocked chip" theory?
Empyrean Heaven
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So is anyone else anxiously awaiting the Forbes contributor editorial about how the NX is already doomed because it isn't getting Red Dead Redemption 2?
Astral Dog
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Manchego Ofcustavor no right we should be at Hype levels max
Joelstinton14
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I say this again.
Information changes. The information Eurogamer received at the time may have been correct. Things change.
The information may have been outdated, true but the reveal date changed, first hand, second hand etc etc. it doesn't make their claims any less valid.
FlaygletheBagel
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For me it's the games. I need to know whether Nintendo has still got it even after their nightmarish track record recently (Mario Tennis Wii U, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Federation Force, Star Fox Zero) or if they're slipping in quality.
Zelda gives me hope that it'll be the former. But damn this system needs a good launch lineup. That's what will 100% determine my hype levels for this it.
serenewarfare
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The Mother 3 thing I know, but this reaction seems blown out of proportion for that, so I'm guessing there's other stuff I missed.
Wasn't she the one who leaked Color Splash?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
She just said earlier that it's releasing in March.
Dark Cloud
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Even more than the games?
Maybe only the dock does enough processing to generate such heat?
The Nintendo EcoSystem (NES)
Once again possible but that would contradict the Eurogamer info that the dock does not provide any additional processing power.
Thank you Vendetta, I just saw this now. psyfi, Vendetta said what I was originally intending to get across in my post, apologies if I was unclear. It's too specific and has wide appeal for some audience, but not for a Wii Sports level of vastness for an audience. Despite its immense popularity, wider swaths of gamers would have zero interest in it. It doesn't fit the bill as a pack-in for the general audience (it has a definite kiddy connotation that doesn't help either, to some, more so than Mario even) or as a pack-in killer app. I hope that makes sense. Again, it's my observation rather than anything I'd espouse as definite.
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NX being only a docking handheld makes zero sense. They would go from two devices (WiiU and 3DS) to one device and cut off half of the gaming population. I'm sorry but 50% of gamers are going to hear 720p portable device that plugs into a tv and instantly be turned off. If the portable and console share the same games, why wouldn't there be two different devices?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Maybe I'm just being petty, but I don't want to deal with an actively cooled handheld in 2017 even if that means slightly less performance.
Hate me if you want too.
Hate me if you want too.
"Things change" shouldn't be a excuse for misinformation and the lack of updated news on their article.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Emily just stated it is one device in the beginning.
At last someone with common sense.
Makes sense. Puts her further at odds with 10k's alleged source.
I don't think so, i'm sure the dock, if it even exist, eill just be to project the console on a TV, and perhaps attach some USB devices, but all the hardware will be into the "Handheld" it would be a mess having additional power on a dock station for a lots of reasons, like for example not being able to play some games without the dock etc.
About the moving parts inside NX instead, don't be worry about that, i've got a SP4 with active cooling and i carry it with me anywhere and it has nothing moving inside at all, this cooling technology is pretty stable and specifically designed for mobile devices, battery draining instead is another thing, unfortunately i'm sure NX won't be the best handheld ever for battery life, prepere your battery bank and hope that Nintendo will put a USB type c for fast charging in thay thing
For me, games > real name > confirmation of EG leak, probably. If we didn't know the EG leak, the last two would be reversed for me.
Father_Brain
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I love that you're completely ignoring every source that corroborated EG's reporting while saying nothing at all about a September reveal.
Astral Dog
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This, but i still have hope, Nintendo releases a bunch of rushed spin offs after properly planned games get released.
The new news are the countless ports for 3DS.
crooked spin
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Isn't "initially one handheld device" what every rational person was already expecting?
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bomb
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Then I would believe that it would be console first, handheld later. It is an easier sell that way.
Dark Cloud
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I called it! I said NX would be multiple devices and this hybrid would just be the first coming.
OrbitalBeard
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I suppose. I never even considered that tweet as an implication though.
Father_Brain
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TBH, not sure how this is a revelation. It seemed fairly obvious that the plan is for all Nintendo hardware going forward to iterate on the NX architecture, much as Sony and MS are doing with their respective consoles.
Vanillalite
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Uhhh while it does have hybrid cooling and tries to dissipate everything using the liquid cooling it's not as if the fan doesn't still exist which most certainly "moves."
Fanxiously, yes.
Dark Cloud
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It's a revelation to those who keep saying NX is going to be a handheld and console with the console being super powerful.
They may have gotten the reveal date wrong, but I'm not willing to throw the baby out with the bath water with the rest of their info, which has been echoed/corroborated by several other outlets and insiders.
There is no reason to believe the NX will not release in March. She even doubled down on that yesterday.
You're skipping all the recent stellar releases. And FF and SF0 are more polarizing than nightmarish. Plus, if it's any consolation, some of those are clear cash-ins. Heck, amiibo Festival is an admitted cash-in.
Vanillalite
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For reference on the SP4
Hybrid cooling "pipes" in the middle that connect to the big plate to try and dissipate normal heat. Fan on the top left for when things get toasty.
Hybrid cooling "pipes" in the middle that connect to the big plate to try and dissipate normal heat. Fan on the top left for when things get toasty.
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