Nvidia is known for their prowess in the PC gaming space, delivering a plethora of high-end hardware at (by PC gaming standards) affordable prices. Now, after long being rumored to provide the GPU for the console previously known as the NX, Nvidia has stepped forward to reveal why now was the time for the company to enter the console gaming space. In an interview with Venture Beat, Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang talked at length about a variety of things that the company is doing differently and offered high praise for the Nintendo Switch.
When asked why Nvidia decided to get involved with the Nintendo Switch, he said:
"In the case of Switch, it was such a ground-breaking design. Performance matters because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly because they want to build something that’s portable and transformable. The type of gameplay they want to enable is like nothing the world has so far. It’s a scenario where two great engineering teams, working with their creative teams, needed to hunker down. Several hundred engineering years went into building this new console. It’s the type of project that really inspires us, gets us excited. It’s a classic win-win."
For a PC gaming company to get excited about a console is a big deal. It goes without saying that there is a distinct divide between those that game at a desk versus those on a couch, but Huang is correct in his assessment that the Switch is not your typical console. It is indeed trying to create a new and more social way to play video games that the industry just hasn't seen.
We will see if the world is ready for it when the console releases in March 2017.
Source: [Venture Beat]
