Why on Earth would you buy a Nintendo Switch to run AndroidTV on it when you could get something significantly cheaper to do so?
Because if you buy a Switch for gaming, you could hack it and then have a normal tablet and an actual gaming platform both in one. Why not? Why carry more devices? I'd gladly ditch my Nexus 7 if I could run Android on my Switch.Why on Earth would you buy a Nintendo Switch to run AndroidTV on it when you could get something significantly cheaper to do so?
THIS.It isn't just to "port" things like this. We don't know how the bootcode etc. works. Is the bootrom even able to run the Android code etc.? It runs a custom code, so most likely it's need to implement a custom kernel to be able to choose what OS to boot or replace it completely.
So can we please stop with the Shield TV threads? If you really want another Android device, just buy one of these Android Sticks from Ebay that actually works quite well and it's cheaper than to destroy your Nintendo Switch.
To be completely honest, once the homebrew scene has complete access to all of the Switch hardware, I could see games being quote on quote "ported" to say something like the latest Nvidia Shield TV.
I say that as it was confirmed that the Switch uses an underclocked Tegra X1 which is considered to be a near stock version of the chip. So you could theoretically under/overclock another device with the Tegra X1 to match the Switch's clock speeds. Then all you'd need to do is how to convert the file format for Switch games and try to maybe adapt them to that devices controller input.
While that might seem like something that is "way out there" and would take a long time to accomplish (which I think it would honestly ), it has been done before in some regard when talking retro consoles.
There exists fan "ports" of Game Gear games that are adapted for the Master System's architecture as they have a very similar chipset. So it has been somewhat done before in that perspective.
Not to mention, were dealing with an architecture that's in a wide arrange of mobile devices and microconsoles. The technology is somewhat familiar in that regard.
While I think its something that could be possible, I could be very well wrong and their might be difficult hurdles to overcome if this turns out to be at least feasible in the future.
We'll honestly have to see.
As for OPs thoughts on potentially getting another OS on the Switch, that could be possible to. And probably more possible than what I suggested honestly lol.
I mean it's a little silly sure. But it's far from "so stupid". There have been a few cases of the above madness happening in the real world. For example, everyone's favorite around here, when Triforce arcade games were able to boot up through Nintendont, being based on Gamecube hardware. Was that "so stupid"? No. Even further, when the original Xbox (with some slight modification) could boot SEGA Chihiro titles. Was that "so stupid"? Nope!This post is so stupid I can almost believe it's satire
As far as i remember, the problem with Android for Wii U was that erm... There was only one PPC port. [Which would be pain in the ass to rewrite?] It included Android "Froyo" port. [2.1.1-2.3?]I think, that problem with Wii U was, that no android ever run on that SoC .But now, we are starting with same SoC (although there are difference in the hardware) but it's much closer to android device (Sheild TV) than Wii U to any android device.
...quote on quote "ported" ...
I mean it's a little silly sure. But it's far from "so stupid". There have been a few cases of the above madness happening in the real world. For example, everyone's favorite around here, when Triforce arcade games were able to boot up through Nintendont, being based on Gamecube hardware. Was that "so stupid"? No. Even further, when the original Xbox (with some slight modification) could boot SEGA Chihiro titles. Was that "so stupid"? Nope!
Just relax. Dare to dream a little bigger.
The original XBox was just an x86 PC, did you ever see anyone "port" all the games for the XBox to standard PC? No, because it's not that simple.To be completely honest, once the homebrew scene has complete access to all of the Switch hardware, I could see games being quote on quote "ported" to say something like the latest Nvidia Shield TV.