Nintendo made a smart move when it decided that the Wii U was a lost cause and started to put most of its focus on its next console: the Nintendo NX. Considering how the Wii U’s weak specs were one of the biggest complaints that people had, you would think that the company would try to avoid making that same mistake with the NX. Unfortunately, a recent rumor claims that the NX’s specs still won’t be comparable to its current-generation competitors, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Nintendo NX rumour machine rolls on, and we’re now hearing reports relating to the power of the mysterious console. The source of this particular rumour is none other than Liam Robertson of Unseen64 – someone who is known as being incredibly reliable when it comes to inside info. He’s the same chap who dug up all that fascinating data on Project H.A,M.M.E.R., and was also responsible for letting the world know that Criterion almost made an F-Zero game. He’s tweeted about the relative power of the NX, and claims that Nintendo isn’t interested in taking on the current console hardware champ, the PS4 – at least not in terms of pure polygon-pushing power, anyway: “The NX is definitely not aiming to compete with the likes of PS4 on a power level. Absolutely sure of that now.” Robertson is famed for being very careful indeed when posting information like this online, and has been repeatedly proven right with his claims in the past – so it’s fair to say that he has a pretty solid source in this case.
