And once again, there's literally nothing to go off that confirms it would struggle to run 1080p, or even look underwhelming in comparison to the others.
And even if it doesn't look like it matches either XB1 or PS4 in power (which I assume it won't), whether the gap is either small or big (like Wii U vs 360/PS3) is up in the air.
We're writing it out of possibility on the basis of absolutely nothing. Granted a decision to make a machine like this would be basically unprecedented by any other console in the industry up to this point, so it's understandable, but still.
First off, what we're going off are the "RUMORS" that suggested we may be dealing with a hybrid in the first place. Those same rumors also say say its likely a TEGRA chip. And one of the main leakers on the rumor of the Hybrid had this to say about its power
"In terms of raw power, numerous sources tell me that NX is much closer to Xbox One than PlayStation 4.
Even that might be stretching it a tiny bit"
I dont see why we can only talk about some parts of the rumor and not others. This is all the same rumor. If we can talk hybrid, then we can talk about the other info surrounding this same rumor.
any opinions surrounding power are not based on nothing, they are based on the info provided from primary leakers of the hybrid rumor.
the other half of this is just common sense. Even if you could develop a portable machine with the power of the xbox one and ps4. What do you think the battery life on something like that would be? making such a thing consume less for the sake of battery life would definitely affect its performance. Maybe with a dock. But none of the rumors suggest the dock improves performance or power draw. Would emily's statement about its power not factor in the dock??
Even then. PS4 should be the new standard for power given that we have the ps4 pro and scorpio on the way.
Aiming for something under that puts nintendo right back into a place where its going to get a noticably inferior version of 3rd party games. That sort of thing has never gone well with the userbase of any NINTENDO console. Always been a recipe for disaster. Other companies seem to do fine under these conditions, but Nintendo has never been one of them. They get crucified for anything being below parity with their competition.
also, regarding wiiu's 1080p output. Look at the games running at 1080p. None of those games allow you to move in a full 3d environment (except for monster hunter, which looks like a wii game), nor are the pushing much in terms of polygons or complex shading. What are the games again? smash? kirby, monster hunter and the latest mario rpg? am i missing any
