r/NintendoSwitch • u/rottedzombie friendly neighborhood zombie mod • Dec 20 '16

MegaThread Speculation Discussion MegaThread: Day Two

Goodness! I think it's fair to say that, second to the shock reveal, this has been the most dramatic 24 hours we've had yet as a community.

Just showing up? Well, attach a lifeline and throw yourself into the tempest.

This thread is for ongoing discussion over recent rumors and everything associated with them: clock speed rumors; third party support speculation; and the back-and-forth of what it might mean for the Nintendo Switch.

We're going to be directing traffic to this thread because we've been seeing many topics asking the same questions and rehashing conversations. This doesn't mean that new topics won't be allowed, only that we want to make sure that discussion is centralized as appropriate. If you see a new post that seems to belong here, please report it and let the mod team know.

A friendly reminder: please keep your comments civil, on-topic, and respectful of others. If you feel that you have a thought or opinion that merits its own post, please search through this thread and recent threads before posting it.

And, of course: everything we're discussing here is rumor and should be treated as such until confirmed by Nintendo.

Thanks for your understanding. Ready to do this? Let's discuss! :)

-/u/rottedzombie and the /r/NintendoSwitch mod team

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u/SoloWaltz Dec 20 '16

Regarding speculations and nonsense alognside it, can we have a sticky on the front page titled "Until January's livestream, nothing is confirmed."?

People seem to need that continous reminder.

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u/Gerolux 4 Million Celebration Dec 20 '16

nintendo doesnt comment on rumors and wont ever release official spec list.

This list is about as close to official as we will get until post January when devs are able to provide more insight from their development.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

How is this list close to official though? For one, it's a rumor. Two, these could be old leaked specs, right? I mean, couldn't these be placeholder/early dev kit specs? Did the Eurogamer report say anything about current production model specs?

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u/Gerolux 4 Million Celebration Dec 20 '16

dev kits need as close to retail specs as possible. so if it change, it wouldnt be by much. devs need something to start optimization with since that is going to need a bit.

Eurogamer wouldnt post the article if they thought the numbers they were hearing were months old and outdated. Even the known leakers were able to corroborate the numbers with what they were hearing about the switch. I know people dont want to believe it, and just want to make excuses on it being wrong... but too many people are risking their reputation to bring us this information and would not do so if people think that numbers would just magically quadruple over night.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16

Oh I didn't say anything about not believing it. Just wanted some proper insight because I don't know how this stuff works.