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[West Texas CEO]

wrong tread.

 

[Woopah]

Disappointing if true.

Why would that be disappointing?

 

[BattleScar]

He cares cause Enzo Ferrari doesn't want to build and sell Kia Rio's. People and companies who strive to be the best aren't content peddling trash.

This is a hilarious argument when you consider that Ferrari made the V6 currently used in the Alpha Romeo Quadrifogilo cars.

You do what you need to do to make money. Any money.

 

[Ogbert]

Nvidia frustrated that Nintendo continue on strategy that delivered what will likely end up being most successful console of all time.

 

[RoboFu]

This thread is still going from a very shallow source and with absolutely no evidence whatsoever ... interesting.

 

[SmokSmog]

Nintendo probably refused to push ray tracing on switch 2.

 

[jm89]

Nintendo: "We want your cheapest SoC".
NVIDIA: "We don't do cheap anymore, son."

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

if you consider the 3DS and GBA as "misses" then yeah this is very much a miss.

3DS and Wii U both sold way below expectations and Nintendo had to essentially give 3DS mouth-to-mouth just to limp to 70 million sold over 9 years.

No one would ever say GBA was a miss. 80 million sold in like 4 years, and it made Nintendo tons of money during the weak GameCube years.

 

[Zannegan]

Hardware specs, 3rd party games, and even entire Directs leak all the time, so I can see why people might take those rumors as borderline confirmed. But this kind of stuff, that could only be heard by a few people high up in the company and/or their therapists, gets filed under D for Dubious in my book:

• "Phil Spencer insecure about the size of his Gamerscore."
• "Nintendo developing top secret Luigi Board to bring back Satoru Iwata as company's first spirit CEO"
• Gabe Newell selling Valve shares to Meta to support Ozempic habit.

Not that I think the Switch 2 will be a bleeding edge loss-leader (it won't). And NVidia could be pushing to showcase some of their proprietary tech in mobile hardware (though they don't exactly need Nintendo for that). I just doubt that Jensen Huang or someone close to him would publicly vent this supposed frustration, let alone that some "insider" with no rep would be the first to hear of it.

Plus, I find it hard to believe highschool-level drama like "X hurt by Y's lack of attention, starts relationship with Z to make Y jealous" actually happens in the business world. Companies backstab eachother all the time, but their motivations are money and control, not feelings.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Why would that be disappointing?

Hybrid
Power

 

[Woopah]

Hybrid
Power

Isn't it better that Nintendo pays Nvidia to customise the SoC for gaming, rather than just using an SoC that was designed for vehicles?

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Isn't it better that Nintendo pays Nvidia to customise the SoC for gaming, rather than just using an SoC that was designed for vehicles?

Yes if that's what they did.
I thought they were using the vehicle Soc though?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Yes if that's what they did.
I thought they were using the vehicle Soc though?

Nintendo saw the opportunity to use it for another purpose.

Prolly why the company’s been around for 120+ years and has never been more profitable than they are now. Mostly on the back of the “shitty tablet device using a vehicle SoC”.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Nintendo saw the opportunity to use it for another purpose.

Prolly why the company’s been around for 120+ years and has never been more profitable than they are now. Mostly on the back of the “shitty tablet device using a vehicle SoC”.

Are they using it or not? I'm getting confused...

 

[Woopah]

Yes if that's what they did.
I thought they were using the vehicle Soc though?

The T234 is the vehicle SoC that, from my understanding, is too big for a gaming device, even something like the PS5.

So what Nintendo has asked Nvidia to do is take the T234 and customise for something that can be used for gaming, such as cutting out things it doesn't need and making it smaller, while also adding things that would be helpful.

This is what the T239 is (Switch 2 will still likely be a hybrid though).

 

[REDRZA MWS]

This is a bit ridiculous. The Switch was hardly a piece if shit when it launched at $300 in 2016. I can understand the argument for their prior handhelds at launch.

That’s one opinion. It’s a toy. I’d gladly buy a true next gen home console. Nintendo hides its awesome games behind its CHOICE to cheap out on hardware. Well my display doesn’t play well with what it really is, a handheld.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

That’s one opinion. It’s a toy. I’d gladly buy a true next gen home console. Nintendo hides its awesome games behind its CHOICE to cheap out on hardware. Well my display doesn’t play well with what it really is, a handheld.

Repeating gimmicks hasn't worked well for nintendo and they know this.

I am hoping for a surprise from them.

 

[Kataploom]

That’s one opinion. It’s a toy. I’d gladly buy a true next gen home console. Nintendo hides its awesome games behind its CHOICE to cheap out on hardware. Well my display doesn’t play well with what it really is, a handheld.

All consoles are toys lol

 

[E-Cat]

Can NVIDIA regress enough to satisfy Nintendo?