In a move that would suggest a significant missed opportunity for graphics chipmaker Nvidia, it is being reported today that Nintendo has now backed away from a widely-speculated deal that would have seen Nvidia tech used in the next DS handheld.
Early in January, a handful of purported inside sources insisted that the graphics chip giant had won a highly lucrative contract that will see it provide technology for the next Nintendo handheld, the 3DS.
Now a separate number of inside sources are suggesting that Nintendo has backed away from the deal.
Develop has the full story.