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[Manoko]

Holy moly I cannot believe this is real. Well played Nintendo lol

You guys don't remember this from E3 2016 ?

 

[norm9]

Red Dead 2 exclusive to NX would destroy the planet.

 

[ArcaneFreeze]

Yeah I was wondering the same thing. It could be a promotional picture provided to developers to show what the devkit they're ordering looks like. I don't know if that's a thing though.

I've typed in PS4 DevKit, XBox One Devkit, WiiU Devkit, etc. etc.on Google and all the pictures that come up are of the devkits in a real world environment, I can't find any that show a "professional" image like this one. Most devkits are bulky and ugly, I dont think devs would care for what it looks like since thats not going to be the retail unit so to make a picture to show them what it looks like just doesn't seem plausible. If its to show what each port and button does then they'd get a document that looks like this:

So im calling fake.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

I raise you one. (sorry my Photoshop skills are terrible)

Excited to finally be seeing something soon!

thats great

 

[MADGAME]

Are we getting launch date and price in that three minutes or just a 60,000 foot high-level reveal? What say ye

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

Hopefully all the annoying NX port begging will come to a stop tomorrow

(I like Nintendo and hope they impress me with the NX. I want BOTW in my life)

 

[ElMexiMerican]

That picture, if real, is clearly a dev unit. I don't know why people think that's the final product. It's like the antithesis of what Nintendo's image is.

 

[Mariolee]

You guys don't remember this from E3 2016 ?

Nope haha

 

[HandsomeCharles]

Im expecting OW for NX

A portable overwatch would be absolutely amazing!

I'd double dip for that.

 

[maxcriden]

Holy moly I cannot believe this is real. Well played Nintendo lol

For real. That is an amazing payoff!

 

[Manoko]

Red Dead 2 exclusive to NX would destroy the planet.

Red Dead 2 merely on NX would be enough to destroy the planet.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

You guys don't remember this from E3 2016 ?

Holy SHI T I JUST REALIZED THIS IS THE PAYOFF TO THAT TWEET

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

not to be that guy....but...


how much can they really show and explain in 3 minutes?

Enough to spawn 15 threads tomorrow followed by one thread being bumped every 2 hours for the next 6 months

 

[BY2K]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

So....

Ya'll ready?

Nah....Ya'll ain't ready

 

[balgajo]

I can see it. Red Dead Redemption forced Nintendo to reveal the NX as Take two would reveal it anyway. NX version confirmed.

 

[SalvaPot]

Fucking.

Finally.

 

[Shaanyboi]

That image seems so innocent until you see the other side.

 

[WordAssassin]

That picture, if real, is clearly a dev unit. I don't know why people think that's the final product. It's like the antithesis of what Nintendo's image is.

It even says it's a dev kit in the freaking image I don't know how people are taking it to be the final thing (again if real)

 

[Nirolak]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

 

[Plinko]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

NCL did.

 

[ArcaneFreeze]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

JP Twitter

 

[aBarreras]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

japanize tweet

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

MY BODY IS READY!

I can't believe the speculation will finally be over. CAN'T WAIT!

 

[I Stalk Alone]

I don't think the dock is in that picture. It just looks like the screen portion in two different angles.

Yeah thats what it looks like. But two separate exhausts and one coming from the screen means something. If it splits up into scd and screen ontroller unit. How do they interface?

 

[Manoko]

I can see it. Red Dead Redemption forced Nintendo to reveal the NX as Take two would reveal it anyway. NX version confirmed.

Another guy from this thread would call you crazy for that.

I agree with you, although I just think Nintendo wanted to reveal the NX now, and Rockstar thought it would be a good idea to show the trailer the same day to be able to confirm all the platforms.

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

So more to this than the leaks suggest?

 

[Nirolak]

Thanks.

 

[N° 2048]

It even says it's a dev kit in the freaking image I don't know how people are taking it to be the final thing (again if real)

lol this thread has people thinking Red Dead 2 and Overwatch are coming to NX. I need a break

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

Here:
https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/788909038784229376

 

[BuggyMike]

That image seems so innocent until you see the other side.

LOL

 

[antonz]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

Japanese Tweet says 3 minutes. US Tweet made no reference

 

[Skittzo0413]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

Ugh now that's too much. You don't want people expecting too much now Nintendo.

 

[TunaLover]

https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/788903182168690688

So Zelda will be there I guess.

Yes! I hope they got a noticeable improvement over Wii U version

 

[73V3N]

I'm probably blind, but where did they confirm the unveil would be 3 minutes long?

http://nintendoeverything.com/nx-preview-trailer-will-be-three-minutes-long/

 

[daakusedo]

WELL OK

 

[ffdgh]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

Either best delivery tomorrow after months of deafening silence or one of the biggest crashes ever. Can't wait lol.

 

[Kissenkopf]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

 

[perfectchaos007]

JP Twitter

Could be 5-6 minutes long if the overseas version uses translators

 

[RareFantasy64]

So more to this than the leaks suggest?

One more thing?

 

[superNESjoe]

I've typed in PS4 DevKit, XBox One Devkit, WiiU Devkit, etc. etc.on Google and all the pictures that come up are of the devkits in a real world environment, I can't find any that show a "professional" image like this one. Most devkits are bulky and ugly, I dont think devs would care for what it looks like since thats not going to be the retail unit so to make a picture to show them what it looks like just doesn't seem plausible. If its to show what each port and button does then they'd get a document that looks like this:

So im calling fake.

FYI, I've seen devkits (especially previous Nintendo ones) that are shown like this (and looked like this with the coaxial ports).

Not all devkit purchasing forms just show sketch document images, some are professional looking photographs. There's a difference between Googling devkits and actually having access to devkit order forms.

This could be fake, but the type of photo wouldn't be the reason why.

 

[Thraktor]

Do tell where this actively cooled handheld is going to land now, haha.

Well, crunching my numbers, assuming ~10-15W TDP for the full SoC (on the upper end of what would be feasible given battery life, but Emily Rogers did say battery life was poor), you'd be looking at:

If it's 2 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.5GHz and around 750 Gflops FP32 / 1500 Gflops FP16

If it's 3 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.3GHz and around 1 Tflop FP32 / 2 Tflop FP16

If it's 4 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.2GHz and around 1.2 Tflop FP32 / 2.4 Tflop FP16

Plus a pretty beastly CPU.

Even the first would stomp on any smartphone GPU and in theory be capable of close to PS4 visuals at 720p. That has me suspicious, though, as all the reliable sources have been saying it doesn't compete in power with PS4/XBO, and the above aren't that far off. Potentially I'm massively overestimating the TDP they're hitting, or perhaps there is a docked mode where the clock speeds increase and the fan turns on, and whichever dev has been leaking details simply hasn't been made aware of it yet, with their hardware running at portable clocks.

Honestly I don't know what to think anymore. I'm going to go curl up in a ball in the corner of the room and rock gently back and forth for a while.

 

[Speely]

Nintendo employee saying we ain't ready for this.

https://twitter.com/ALakeru/status/788902833932251136

I am going to fucking explode.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Okay guys it's been a fun 2 hours, but I seriously need to get back to work. See everybody on the flip!

 

[Shaanyboi]

So more to this than the leaks suggest?

...I wouldn't get my hopes up.

 

[brochiller]

saw this on 4chan, what do you make of it.

Why would there be a marketing type shot of a dev kit? Have we ever had a shot of a dev kit that wasn't of it just sitting on a desk or something?

 

[AzaK]

Laura's dropping bombs on twitter, specs before the end of the month.
https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/788905169144676352

Agreed. That fan vent, though...

If they've gone as far as custom moulding a case, then it would make sense that it's a relatively final dev kit. Which means that if it's actively cooled, the final product probably is too...

Time to update my NX performance spreadsheet.

Umm blu, does that mean I need to get my Peach costume ready?

Well, crunching my numbers, assuming ~10-15W TDP for the full SoC (on the upper end of what would be feasible given battery life, but Emily Rogers did say battery life was poor), you'd be looking at:

If it's 2 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.5GHz and around 750 Gflops FP32 / 1500 Gflops FP16

If it's 3 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.3GHz and around 1 Tflop FP32 / 2 Tflop FP16

If it's 4 Pascal SMs, clock speed around 1.2GHz and around 1.2 Tflop FP32 / 2.4 Tflop FP16

Plus a pretty beastly CPU.

Even the first would stomp on any smartphone GPU and in theory be capable of close to PS4 visuals at 720p. That has me suspicious, though, as all the reliable sources have been saying it doesn't compete in power with PS4/XBO, and the above aren't that far off. Potentially I'm massively overestimating the TDP they're hitting, or perhaps there is a docked mode where the clock speeds increase and the fan turns on, and whichever dev has been leaking details simply hasn't been made aware of it yet, with their hardware running at portable clocks.

Honestly I don't know what to think anymore. I'm going to go curl up in a ball in the corner of the room and rock gently back and forth for a while.

Umm.....ohhh shit.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Will TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared reveal himself?

 

[Neiteio]

Oh, NCL said it's 3 min? Well, that's in Japan Time. We know from Smash updates that three minutes in Japan Time is actually three eternities.

 

[NinjaMouse]

So I have highlighted the curious things I noted and what I think is what from the potential dev kit.

The "dock" is not how I expected this thing to dock at all, its flush with the entire back. And second, both units have heat exhaust?



What the fuck is in each part?

I presume, if it's the case, that it'll function kinda like the Surface Book. Some graphical capability built into the tablet, enough to drive it, but the real-deal graphics hardware are in the base and enumerated when docked.

 

[dcx4610]

Interesting that it sounds like they are keeping the NX name. Is this the first time in history that the codename was kept as the official name?