Aeolus451 said:
That may be true except the "what those people think or say" part but to consumers, NX would be releasing in the middle of this gen. Perception matters. Why would consumers invest in a new console that's launching out of no where when there's two consoles with 3rd party support and lots of games to play? The xbox one and PS4 haven't hit their peaks yet sales wise and that could easily be this year.
The main difference between launching this november and next year's november will be in the amount of games NX will have to launch with. Whatever games nintendo has avaible to launch NX with this november versus all of the games in that period added to all of the games up to next years november. Which is greater? So yes, releasing this november compared to 2017's november is a big deal.
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I agree it's a challenge, but it's one that can be overcome. Sega released their 16-bit console two years before Nintendo. They started the generation off early and ended up beating the SNES in the US until they launched Saturn and shifted focus. In their case, launching early gave them the advantage. If... and this is a huge if... the NX is more powerful than PS4 and Xbox One, offers a standard controller, Nintendo IP AND the same third party support that the other two are getting... it will be a pretty attractive console.
One thing is certain though. Unless Nintendo can pull some magic AAA titles out of their ass over the next two years, they can't survive 2017. They almost need to launch a new console at this rate.