flagstaad on 29 April 2012
| superchunk said: Price and date makes no sense. Its already confirmed to be out everywhere by end of year. So, a released date should simply be there as we're only 4 months (by E3) away from whatever date the earliest launch would be. Price would also be needed as they have to start creating buzz and pre-selling the damn thing. If they don't give that info by June then when? They need at least a few months of buzz, hype, and pre-orders to correctly identify early demand. Aside from that, I'm expecting a lot of games. That is what is by far the most important thing. GAMES!!!! |
Telling the price and date is a double edge weapon, the players can start pre-ordering the console and creating buzz about it, but the competition can also start preparing for it, adjusting release schedules, anounce price reductions, etc. Also the price can be modified at last minute depending on the pirst production line real costs and E3 hype.
The release date will be narrowed, instead of "before the end of 2012 in all territories", it will become "before thanksgiving in USA, Before Christmas in Europe", but the final dates and prices will be given in august/september as Nintendo usually does.
