Looking for serious discussion about the dock theory.

from u/shaunswitch

"Not necessarily.

If we believe the rumours that its based on tegra tech we know Nvidia charges $200 for its shield TV box. Nvidia typically earns a rather large amount of profit per unit sold (with gpu's at least) so we can assume the cost of the SOC itself to be considerably lower than the stated $200.

On this basis its not unreasonable to assume that a tegra based handheld sold with a small profit margin could be $200 - $250.

Based on Nvidias latest architecture it is also reasonable to assume that at full power the chip could produce xbox one levels of power using fp16 at least (Nintendo is pretty good with optimisation so I see them using this a lot.)

Now the handheld is not going to draw 30watts for the SOC alone so when used as a handheld it won't be able to match those power levels, but it won't need to. They could easily implement something like a power saving mode when it's off supply that underclocks the system. The same way your laptop may use lower clock speeds when on battery to conserve power and then go full pelt when plugged in.

I don't see why this would not allow the handheld to display 720p, then the extra power draw provide native 1080p rendering when docked.

If it is a hybrid I see this as the most likely scenario in terms of minimising cost to Nintendo and the consumer. As well as making it easy for developers to use the hybrid function, its as easy as having a resolution slider like on pc games. Only this slider will be hidden and set based upon whether the unit is plugged into the wall or not. I am also a hybrid believer, it just makes sense with their handheld market being their strongest market right now."

taken from: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoNX/comments/5446sk/serious_discussion_megathread_the_great_hybrid/

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