I like your perspective on the matter. Sometimes us fans forget that we're not shareholders. As long as Nintendo corrects all the mistakes it made with the 3DS and Wii U launches, I'm fine whenever it comes out.

Here in America, March-April is tax return season. People might not be spending like the holiday season, but they tend to have extra disposable income around this time.

It won't be a flop to me because I don't expect it to be very successful. I predicted it with the WiiU and I was right about the WiiU not being successful and that gimmick controller not having any appeal. If they are going with another gimmick with all the secrecy, then this console could possibly sell less than the WiiU. If it has a regular controller, then it will sell more. Nintendo just does not have the fans they once had and no amount of third party support will make their brand more appealing again. They just need to focus on profitability.

You mean the small fanbase of 10mil? It took over 3 years for the WiiU to sell that much. March is a horrible launch period since they don't get much support in the U.S/Europe which both regions thrive off the holiday season. VR will still be a huge deal and GOW4 may release further taking attention away from this new console. A September release was their best option with Zelda launching with it and a 3D Mario game by March.

If the original plan for Wii U was to make it last five years before its successor launch, then an advance of just 7 or 8 months could have its advantages, first, not rushing it too much, second, the launch should be big enough anyway, then it would have another boost for the Xmas season, and it would start that season already with some user base, increasing SW sales.

The heck? It's off to a bad start because it's not being revealed at E3, nor because it's of a holiday release?

I don't think that's a good basis for the success or failure of a console. I feel as long as it has a good library and good price, it can release whenever and be successful. A good lineup will help it out as well.

I meant that the Wii U launched well enough, it was the months that followed that really saw concern.  I don't think launching in March or September makes a major difference for the NX if it has the same issues that sunk the Wii U.

I am not sure why players have high expectations of the NX?
It has a short life time cycle, it's not going to explode like many thinks, and to be fair WII U just burned mostly everything WII managed to build including the brand name WII
Again Nintendo is starting all over from ground, Only thing that progressed was eshop sales, Sure Nintendo could have & should have done more during WII U days, but that didn't happen
I expect fair sales from the machine, Nintendo should aim at 40 million machines life time at the very least to help get a decent market share for it's home consoles future

It's not looking good for the console considering the incompetent company behind it.

i can't believe you're taking this whole thing as a victory.  the 2016ers arguments where far more correct than the 2017ers.