wfz said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
see I disagree with the two points you made
1. the WiiU is coming out in a few months.. the other two aren't. We still don't even know when they are coming out but I doubt we will see them at least until end of '13 or maybe early '14. Sony already has a solid line up for next year (at least until the fall season). Mere months won't change the situation for Nintendo. The competition will change or adapt (IF needed). That's an issue Nintendo will face no matter what since they are going first into next gen and especially since the other two doesn't seem to be in a hurry to do so. And let's be honest here, hardware wise, I'm sure both sony and ms have a good idea of what WiiU is capable of by now. (I'm referring to power etc here, not software or applications)
2. this brings us to features. These are the things the competition will keep an eye on the most (outside of things like price). But again, for a first party dev team, implimenting such ideas into their games or apps really won't take more than a few months. Again just keeping this secret for like a month or two is not going to make a difference. TBH feature wise I actually expect nintendo to take ideas from sony and MS, especially when it comes to their onlline.
hmm as for BO2, I'm certain activision has a deal with MS for exclusive marketing. It seemed that they renewed their DLC contract with them so I really wouldn't be surprised if they do the same for marketing like previous years. If I had to guess, outside of COD, GTA will make the biggest splash so maybe we will hear some sort of a deal there. Ninty does have a good chunk of money on them right? A deal with R* could go a long long way
I also wouldn't be surprised to see a teaser for a game like Zelda or Smash bros. to hype the crowd up. I really don't know how much they can do with their Nintendo Network to set themselves apart, and especially above, the competition.
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When I mentioned holding back details on software, I meant holding them back for a number of months (more than 2), and more importantly, holding details back until the game is ~6 months before release. That's what Nintendo has historically been known for with some of their higher-profile games, and it's likely they're just keeping up that status quo. Nintendo could very well be doing this for reasons other than preventing competition from copying ideas (which you also mentioned in your first post). I think one of the biggest reasons is the fact that many games change drastically during the course of development, and they want fans to hear about the game and get the right expectations for it leading up to release (which is exactly where Twilight Princess failed - we knew about that game years before it was released and it went through a huge transformation, extremely disappointing certain fans such as myself).
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But haven't they already confirmed development for a zelda and a smash bros? But then again we know next to nothing about them so your point still stands. But I agree, especially with launching a system, the bigger the omg moment, it should be closest to the launch date. Much more hype that way and creates good word of mouth.
I think that really is the only reason and not what this PR is claiming about. No way in hell that the competition can't mimic anything they do software features or app wise be immitated with a year or so to go till their consoles launch.
@pavolink: I already went through the whole thing and explained my reasoning to wfz. Give it a read. And nope last year we knew they were making a new console and the way they dropped off their software support for wii made the rumor even more credible. The specs and such only leaked like a week or so before the E3 presentation. They definitely didn't reveal it due to 'leaks'. They just wanted to be the first one to come out with a system. Which was a stupid move by them, they should have kept supporting the wii and come out this year's E3 with all the info. Would have had a much bigger impact
