This thing isnt going to be powerful enough to where third party developers will want to port games that will be on the xbox one and the ps4. That wont be good at all because i can foresee a lot of game droughts like the wii u.

Nintendo needs to put all the information bout the nes switch out there so people know now. I was really excited about the switch at first but now im not very interested in it because of Nintendos secrecy. The nes switch is basically a handheld that can be hooked up to the television. I thought the switches docking station would make it as powerful as a ps4 which launched three years ago so comparable spec parts wont be expensive. With specifications comparable to a ps4 the switch ould be able to support all third party games. Knowing Nintendo i know this handheld wont be powerful enough so a lot of third party ont make games for it. There are a lot of development studios Nintendo says will support the switch but i remember he same for the wii and the wii u.

The screen must be the main console if you need to take it out

Cindyrella. The Swith can run anything that's on PS4 or Xbox one, for example it runs UE4.

Theres cords on the dock..

well why wouldn't they just say that the only processing power is from the handheld? Why would they say the "main" console then? Makes no sense. Seems like they are just either being cryptic, or reinforcing the fact that there might be something inside the dock to help bump the resolution a bit.

I am not saying it's 100% certain either way, but you can't rule out the possiblity EDMIX.

I'm sorry Neo but it just seems a bit far-fetched especially considering it wasn't even noticeable during the trailer that anything was even happening and like I stated before it wouldn't even make any sense for Nintendo to not tell us about a feature their goal is to market the damn thing staying silent is not going to get them more sales , so I'm not sure why they would leave such a thing out all the major features that this thing does clearly are already known and I see Zero reason to hide such a thing.

The Lakes already told us about what this was going to be in those leaks also stated that the docking station was simply just that it's station to dock the device to add it to the television and Nintendo is now confirming the very same things but there's no point because if the leaks are clearly correct then all the other day though they were telling us is also correct and one of those things was that the docking station was not providing any substantial jump in resolution or anything like that.

Also never mind the terminology they're using it's almost as if you're oblivious to that this company is marketing please don't drink the Kool-Aid they could call it main console all day but at the end of the day that they're talking about is the thing with the screen....ie the portable, calling it console doesn't change what it is the person was playing the device in the park, it is a portable what they're calling it is actually irrelevant to the docking situation by the way.

If Sony called the PSP Go and PSP a "console" do you seriously think that somehow changes something? I'm not entirely sure why Gamers all of a sudden are unable to use their own brains when a company start marketing something, all the podcast I've been listening to have been referring this to a handheld because everything they've been talking about in regards to battery life and portability has been in regards to exactly what it is , not what the company is trying to desperately pass it off as , you still have a brain and you still have free will.

Use them. Nintendo is not going to call this a handheld back out to a television despite in layman's terms that's exactly what is happening they don't want to call it that for very obvious marketing reasons and I don't blame them because handheld sounds lesser it does not sound powerful it does not sound like something both markets will be into but if they call it a console and also have the ability for it to be portable they Garner attention from both install basis without making each other feel left out it.

has everything to do with intended business purposes and what they intend to Market this as it has very little to do in actuality what is technically still being done what you see happening with this is literally no different than what was happening with the PSP Go and PSP 2000 and 3000 but clearly Sony was not marketing it as a console because they are the number one console producers in the world , there was no reason for them to spin their handhelds in such a way there is a reason right now for Nintendo to and I don't blame them.

no...its the shield 2.....

stay off N4G... because the toxic posters internally made up their minds...

wait until the 3rd parties can release actual info on what they have and maybe we see an actual legit game made or ported to it...

btw.. that guys post on shield 2 (which doesnt exist) it would be at least the TegraX2, which according to specs... pretty nice. If Square Enix brings FF XV... i'm sure that's a feet to be had.

Yeah, seriously. The Tegra chips are just graphics processors. Not upscalers, like the article or article(s) are implying. You'd have to be Sony or Microsoft to pull off 4k on Switch. *shrugs*

Confirmed: 720p resolution. So, how is the screen going to translate the resolution onto the 4k screen? You'll need a checkerboard chip to produce it. Which, I think Nintendo doesn't have experience in, yet.

Supporting Unreal Engine 4 doesn't mean it'll get all the 3rd parties. Because each game is dependent on what the developer wants to do.

Also, UE4 is not even used much. UE3 was the 'go to' engine for a large number of games. UE4 is almost rare in comparison.

What you are also forgetting, is that the each developer is going to need to make it so THEIR AAA 3rd party game WORKS when the Switch isn't docked.

So if the Switch is 0.7-1.1 TFlops WHEN docked, it's going to be likely half that when 'on the go'.

So how is say, Cyberpunk 2077 going to run on such a machine? Even if by miracle they pulled it off, it would be like playing the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty when you can have the 4k PC version.

Think about it. By late 2017 if say by miracle all the AAA 3rd party games came out on Nintendo Switch, here's the order of their performance potential.

1. PC version
2. Scorpio Version
3. PS4 Pro Version
4. PS4 Version
5. XB1 Version
6. Nintendo Switch when docked
7. Nintendo Switch running at lower specs because it isn't docked.

If this thing really is 0.7-1.1 TFlops, WHEN docked, it's the power of 2007... when docked. Worse when 'on the go'.

At what price? $99? $149? $199? $249? $299? $349? $399. Most people are pegging it at $299-349. So odds are the PS4 and XB1 S will be cheaper, and the PS4 Pro not much more expensive... all with confirmed libraries.

Heck we could even see a price drop on the OG PS4 and XB1S to put pressure on Nintendo.

I want Nintendo to succeed, I just don't think they have created a product that will.

This seems to be a premium handheld that is more expensive than a console, in a market where handhelds are dying because of Smartphones.

Alot of people will never lug around a Switch because it's just too cumbersome and they can't be bothered with it, especially when they already carry around a cellphone. Besides, I can't play Switch and drive at the same time. It appeals to a small segment, it's a bunch of meh to everyone else, at likely a high price, and redundant and less functional in many ways compared to smartphones.

This thing could easily bomb outside the dedicated handheld Nintendo segment.

The Tablet is the system and the detachable controller Joy-Con is coming with the system. It not going to be no more than $300.

I don't really believe the accessories you just named seriously cost that much money do you not understand that the base is simply just out to the television?

Consider that piece of plastic could have just been a HDMI cable and a charging station because that's basically what the base station does it charges the handheld as well as allows itself to a television so I could not believe that would be over $100 extra if that sounds absolutely ludicrous.

If the tablet indeed is 900p it would question even more why would retail for 399 I believe what I read from the leaks and it's very likely it's going to debut at 299

Consider the leaks from some sources have not even been incorrect as of yet considering some sources called the exact day of announcement exactly what the device did and the actual price so I think it's very obvious they're onto something 299 is the actual price.

I mean were some of the sources wrong yet?