With all the signs pointing to the Nintendo NX being unveiled at E3 2016, and a likely release before the end of the year, the rumour mill has been going into overdrive, spraying seeds of speculation all over the place as everyone's desperately trying to figure out what Nintendo has in store for us. Until now, there has been plenty of talk about the NX being a hybrid device, integrating in some way with a separate handheld device that's yet to be unveiled. And it was also believed that the console's power will be on par with that of the PS4 and Xbox One. But the latest leaks to have emerged are the most revealing yet about the console, adding more weight to certain things we already thought, while also revealing new and unexpected details. Nintendo hasn't commented on the leaks from a survey by its market research client GFK, but they still give us the clearest picture yet of what we can expect from what could be a make-or-break console for Nintendo...
7. In-Game Resolution Will Be 900p, 60FPS
At first glance, seeing that the NX will only support 900p resolutions may cause murmurs of discontent, especially when you consider all the grief the poor Xbox One gets for not matching the PS4's 1080p. With that said, it's been a long time since the gaming public has even expected Nintendo consoles to match the power of its rivals, and so long as games run smoothly, there shouldn't be too many complaints. That's where the next piece of information comes in. On the same line as the 900p info in the leak, it was mentioned that gameplay graphics would run at '60fps'. It seems unlikely that the survey would've mentioned this if it didn't mean 'stable' 60fps, because otherwise the frame-rate would vary from game to game and the info would be negligible. This doesn't seem like too much to ask at 900p resolutions, and if Nintendo could maintain a 60fps standard across all its games then it'd be a big selling point for the console. With that said, the Wii U manages plenty of games at 60fps at a 1080p resolution, so some people may accuse the NX resolution as a bit of a backward step. Naturally, we're assuming that the frame-rate and resolution apply to the main NX console, but the survey doesn't specify that, so there's an outside chance that it could be talking about the handheld NX device. If that's the case, then that'd be even more of a coup for Nintendo.
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