Sony and Microsoft have aligned themselves with AMD for current-generation console hardware and those relationships look set to continue. However, for the next-gen Switch, Nintendo chose AMD rival NVIDIA, supplier of the NVIDIA Tegra processor.
This high-end System-on-Chip (SoC) is what powers the heart of Nintendo's next home console.
Last week, NVIDIA revealed during an earnings call that its gaming revenue increased by US$463 million compared to Q2, according to NeoGAF. "I guess you could also say that Nintendo contributed a fair amount to that growth," said NVIDIA CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, said during the call.
While the world has not yet seen the Nintendo Switch, Huang pointed out that NVIDIA has been working with the gaming giant for two years on the Nintendo Switch and "several hundred engineering years have gone into the development of this incredible game console."
Remembering that this is an earnings call aimed squarely at investors, Huang shared how extremely positive he is about the Switch. "I really believe when everybody sees it and enjoy it, they're going be amazed by it. It's really like nothing they've ever played with before," he added.
Huang also highlighted a key point about NVIDIA's relationship with Nintendo.
It is well known that Nintendo looks into investing in hardware architecture for the long term. You need only look at the NDS/2DS/3DS to see that. So he believed it will be the same for the Nintendo Switch going forward; he envisioned, "a relationship that will likely last two decades."
It's a fair point to make. If the Nintendo Switch is successful, then Nintendo will certainly want to follow it up with a Nintendo Switch 2 in five to eight years time. NVIDIA will be front of the line to provide the SoC for that machine, too. Even if the next-gen console fails, Nintendo will likely want to maintain the relationship it has built with NVIDIA's engineering team to help create whatever comes next, even if it ends up being a smartphone.
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