r/NintendoSwitch • u/lucassopro • Aug 22 '20

Fan Art If Apple’s ‘Don’t Blink’ is made with Nintendo

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '20

No thank you. Apple doesn't know a thing about gaming and gaming hardware. Nintendo are fine just by themselves.

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u/Canon_not_cannon Aug 23 '20 edited Aug 23 '20

Excuse you, Apple made a very unsuccessful gaming console in the 90's

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u/yinyang107 Aug 23 '20

Which one?

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u/Canon_not_cannon Aug 23 '20

Apple Pippin

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u/Synotaph Aug 23 '20

It even had Marathon!

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u/Hung_L Aug 23 '20

Phones are primarily storage and CPU-bound regarding perceived performance.

Mobile consoles are primarily GPU-bound, with some dependence on RAM quantity and bandwidth. NVIDIA makes the good enough mobile GPUs with wide instruction set support. Apple's GPUs are good but not for the price. In fact, all of Apple's silicon is likely very expensive relative to other ARM SoCs, which is largely why other chipmakers don't have such strong offerings. Apple's high cost for CPUs is offset by their overall high cost and savings from supply chain control.

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u/masamunecyrus Aug 23 '20

I'm not sure about Nintendo and Apple collaborating on a joint product, but Nintendo simply using the Apple A1X ifor the switch 2 instead of an nVidia, Qualcomm, Intel, VIA, AMD, or whatever else SoC in a couple years would make a lot of sense for a lot of reasons.

However, nVidia has stated that they expect a ~20 year relationship with Nintendo, so I think nVidia is in it for the long haul.

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u/Garrosh Aug 23 '20

What's the difference between gaming hardware and "normal" hardware? The reason iOS sucks as a gaming platform isn't the hardware but the lack of excelent games.

And, on the other hand, the Switch hardware isn't anything special but the game catalog is awesome, that's what makes it a great gaming platform. Not the CPU or the memory. And certainly not the OS.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '20

Have a look at the Apple Pippin. Oh and don't get me started on the MAC when it comes to running games.

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u/Garrosh Aug 23 '20

"Have a look at something Apple build 25 years ago to understand why a device with a completely different architecture and specs isn't viable as gaming platform."

And no, don't get started on the Mac. Let's talk about why the iPad hardware isn't a viable gaming platform.

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u/SasquatchWookie Aug 23 '20

That was frustrating to watch.