Nintendo has been eyeing down a March 2017 release for its next-gen codename NX console, which we broke the news on that it would be a Pascal-based Tegra design all the way back in May. The latest on Nintendo NX is from Emily Rogers, who had an update on NX that said:
- Toshiba, Megachips, and Macronix are all involved with the Nintendo NX.
- Toshiba is the world's second-largest NAND chip maker after Samsung. They also manufactured the flash memory chips for the Nintendo 3DS.
- NX hardware is finalized. Don't expect any drastic changes.
- NX is now entering a very early stage of production.
- Zero percent chance of NX being delayed from its March launch.
Right now, this is what we're expecting:
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- Region Free (No region lock)
- Six inch (6.2 inch?) multi-touchscreen (Heard nothing about a stylus)
- The touchscreen has 720p resolution.
- 32GB of built-in internal storage
- SD card support
- Supports USB 2.0 and 3.0
- The dock has two 2.0 USB ports and one 3.0 USB port.
- The portable device is around 14 - 15 mm in thickness.
- The right analogue stick (or circle pad?) will be below the face buttons.
- Camera and microphone are not built into/inside the NX portable device.
- Cooling is still a little noisy
- Detachable controllers (motion controls and next-gen vibration technology)
- Share / Social button that Laura Kate Dale posted is true.
- There are *at least* two shoulder buttons.
- Battery Life - Ehhh not great. I haven't heard an exact number of hours, but it doesn't sound great.
- Below PS4 and XB1 in raw power.
- Supports Unreal Engine 4 and Unity Engine.
