Nintendo didn't want to announce the Switch too early because they thought that competitors would steal their idea.
The idea is basically just a PSP with a dock (could even be streamed wirelessly) so they don't have much ground to take legal action against people copying them.
If consumers are...
I'm honestly not sure why anyone would get a Nintendo console for cross platform ports.
Nintendo have a reputation for not having good 3rd party support.
They've been working at that by having high quality exclusives like bayonetta 2
But their general attitude has been to do a different thing...
TL;DR: Virtual Reality for the NX is realistic and critical to it's success
Other rumors have suggested that developing for the NX is exactly as it is for Xbox One and PS4.
I believe the idea here is that both Sony and Microsoft are focusing on VR, meaning that developers can make games for the...
The patent shows an external module labelled "Memory Card".
It also shows how it contains 2 components, one of which is put into memory and the other stored and accessed using the "Identification Information Obtaining Unit".
Oh and lets not forget that there is a module labelled "Card Slot"...