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> The only way I can see this thing taking off is if it can fall back into an Android That's actually a great idea. Someone else pointed out this press releas
by ndesaulniers 10y ago
> The only way I can see this thing taking off is if it can fall back into an Android
That's actually a great idea. Someone else pointed out this press release [0] from Nvidia saying they're making the chip. Tegra's can run Android (Nexus 7, 9) which has the latest OpenGL ES and Vulkan support.
[0] https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch/ https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/10/20/nintendo-switch/
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoRunning Android would provide competition at the bottom end of the game spectrum. I could see them having a [virtualised] Android that was not openly Android so they can run Facebook and such without giving people access to put Android games on the thing.
- ndesaulniers 10y ago> without giving people access to put Android games on the thing it's trivial to not install apps unless they've been signed with Nintendo's key, a la iOS.