Nintendo is purposely delaying 3DS games!

[Joelcool7]

Nintendo has decided to address the issue of a software shortage. They have been grilled about why more first party titles aren't being released this winter. Gaming press and gamers have long thought that Nintendo is holding back and an official statement confirms that they are.

"For us to provide software titles one after another, one idea is, 'Isn't it possible for Nintendo to stock some of its software titles instead of launching them as soon as the development is completed?'"

He goes on to solidy this idea of holding back titles till it suits the market best saying "Video games need to stay fresh, so it is not practical for us to put them on hold for too long, but we think that some of them may be held for a certain amount of time so that there will be a short interval between when they are completed and when they are launched."

But surely this doesn't mean Nintendo has been holding back on 3DS, I mean the console had one of the worst launch line-ups in console history. The console is in desperate need of software, surely Nintendo would be releasing every title they possibly could right? Wrong

"We are taking on this sort of challenge for the Nintendo 3DS. For example, when we look at the software lineup for the year-end sales season, it is so dense that, if we added any more software, the total sales would not increase. Accordingly, we have intentionally delayed the launch of some software titles to early next year."

He does have a point, if Nintendo did launch say every title they have ready for winter you would likely have Kid Icarus, Animal Crossing and Paper Mario all releasing this winter. Even with all these titles would they push any more hardware? not likely I mean SuperMario3DLand and MarioKart7 are the biggest titles Nintendo could possibly release and they will push the hardware. Additional software will not improve hardware numbers much. Also if Nintendo did release all these games this winter we would suffer another drought early next year, that would damage hardware sales!

We all know what Nintendo is doing is smart, whats your take on their public acknowledgment that they are delaying first party titles?

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