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Foxconn Artist Lays Out Nintendo NX Hardware Specs



NeoGAF poster mieumieu translated statements from a Foxconn sketch artist about the specs relating to the Nintendo NX. Included are details of its hardware, comparative performances (it does NOT match the PS4, in case you were wondering, much less the PS4 Pro), and the details regarding the expected handheld screen.

As was previously reported, it’s a “mobile hybrid.” You can play it on the go, or you plug it into an HDMI port on your TV.

The translation is as below:



I can translate the original post here (brackets are my comments.)

"NX is a console-handheld hybrid. It is detachable. It contains the console itself, performance module, and the handheld/gamepad.

The console (I think it is supposed to be a dock. I'll call it a dock from now on) contains HDD, cartridge slot and various other interfaces. It supports TV output (but no CPU/GPU).

The performance module is a portable device that provides power supply. It contains a Li-Ion battery. CPU/GPU also is contained inside. It supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and wired connections. You plug the dock inside and it becomes a PS4/Xbone like console, but you can also transfer the signals to the handheld (like Remote Play?)

There are two candidate SoC for it: Pascal SoC from nVidia or AMD R9 SoC.

The handheld part is a 6 inch 720p screen and has a low-TDP SoC, which can satisfy basic operations with lower quality graphics when the performance module is not connected. But it can also display game graphics from the performance module which can provide a console-level graphics. A bit like nVidia Shield streaming. You can bring the performance module with you portable (since it has its own battery).

Additional info: whatever the solution will be, the computing power it has falls far behind a PS4, let alone a PS4 Pro. Don't have high hopes for that. The selling point for it is high portability and hybrid providing rich gameplay possibilities.

If details don't get revealed in Oct then maybe wait for the beginning of next year. I welcome you guys to necrobump this post. Period."
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Yeh saw this the other day. Could be legit as this leak has been right before.
I like the joke someone made about them putting a GameCube and GBA together.
 
There is no credible source behind the drawings/info above, but the bottom box is suppose to be the dock and the top box a 'performance module' which connects to the dock to increase the power of the system when in use at home.

It's very unlikely it will be backward compatible with games from previous systems, I'm sure plenty of games will be ported/emulated to the system though. Several Wii U games will surely get ported to the system early on - some great games that more people need to play.
 
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I suppose Nintendo will be going with new incremental hardware too then if that is to be believed. The separate performance module will be the part theybump up in power over time with new iterations. Probably another reason its separate along with being able to take it with you.
 
Due to the time of release it needs to be at least as powerful as the PS4, but I guess it will not be and Nintendo will hope people buy it because of some gimmick. I just hope it has a proper controller like the PS4/Xbox, the ones rumoured all show very square ones like the Wii U which was terrible to use.
 
merlin said:
More rumours it's a hybrid thanks to the Pokémon CEO having loose lips.

It's 99.9% confirmed a hybrid, so the real question now is........does the dock boost the processing? Please let it be, I sooooo want the dock to contain supplementary cpugpu/storage/ram/inputs/gubbins.
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If the dock could cool the SoC then performance could increase a few hundred percent without adding new hardware. Doing that in a reliable way would be a challenge though.
 
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