Until now it was believed that the appearance of the gaming console Nintendo NX next spring will be accompanied by a return to the use of replaceable cartridges with games , but the quoted resource NeoGAF anonymous Foxconn employee explains that a mysterious plugin may need this gaming device to improve performance levels. Having cartridge games this fact does not change.
In fact, the game console will consist of three parts: the base "station table", which will be connected to the portable part with its own display and controls, as well as the addition of a module to improve performance. Last can be connected to the "base station" via a special connector, but for use with the mobile part of the console, it will need its own battery and wireless interface. Even when the unit productivity will be connected to the connector portion of the stationary console games it will be broadcast on a portable portion via a wireless interface. NVIDIA is already using the same principle in their gaming devices SHIELD series.
Apparently, an intricate modular design Nintendo beneficial from a marketing standpoint. Perhaps, the NX console base model would imply that only one unit increase productivity, which can be used interchangeably with either a base station or a portable. Acquiring the second module improved performance, the two players will be able to run more demanding games on both sides of the console at the same time.
What is hidden inside the module improved performance, is difficult to say. This may be a hybrid processor NVIDIA Tegra Pascal generation, and Nintendo's own solution with ARM architecture, with the development and release of the latest AMD can make a hand. Portable console part has a 6-inch display with a 720p resolution and a hybrid processor.