What exactly are Nintendo doing right now? Dev teams analysis + Predictions

[Mr Khan]

puffy said:

Mr Khan said:

Given what we know, i think your estimates are correct, but i would still pin the new console down at holiday 2011, especially given the known projected release for 3DS.

 

This holiday is a little crowded, i'll grant, but it's possible they could wedge a Retro Studios project in there. They seem to be crowding this Q2, so they must be confident in their later strategy, otherwise they'd probably hold off Other M a little longer.

You think the Wii's successor will launch holiday 2011?

Yes. I can't fathom them doing a non-holiday launch, and holiday 2012 sounds too late to me. They will do a non-holiday launch for 3DS in the West, though. That i think will happen.

 

H1 2012, at the latest, and that's if they buck all of their own trends.