| JEMC said: Yes, I know. But Joel is basing the NDA on the controller and what could have happened if the wiimote was unveiled earlier. I've only stated that the big "thing" of the WiiU, the tablet controller, has already been unveiled. Are there other things? Sure. But we already know many of the controller funtions like
Seriously, there aren't many things that would aslo fit into that controller. As for the console, besides the hardware (something that Sony and Microsoft want to know, as we do), the other functions won't be as much ground breaking as the controller and they can be added into their rivals projects if they find them interesting without the need to scrap their plans. So the question remains. Why do they went with such a strict NDA that doens't even allow developers to say "we are working on X game for it" ? |
How about a financial reason? Stock values can fluctuate based on information. Nintendo could be holding back information via NDA's to keep stock at a certain projected value until they are ready to unveil the information at which time they expect the stock value to rise. If the stock figures are part of their expected fianncial data they give to stock holders, they need to control the information that affects their stock price as much as possible.
Another financial reason? They spend millions of dollars o their E3 booth and media briefing conference. Do you think they want to spend all that money just to have all the information already leaked out?
The rEVOLution is not being televised
