Microsoft could 'delay Xbox 720 launch to spring 2014' - Pachter

[HappySqurriel]

prayformojo said:

HappySqurriel said:
Waiting 18 months after the generation began really worked well for the N64, Gamecube and XBox ...

I'm really starting to wonder if Pachter is one of the worlds most successful trolls.

The SNES waited two years to come out, yet it beat the Genesis. The PS2 waited a year to come out, yet it easily crushed the Dreamcast. Launch dates DO have an impact, but if you've got your ducks in a row, so to speak, you can overcome it.

By waiting to release the SNES, Nintendo turned a virtual "nobody" in the industry (Sega) into one of their chief competitors; and the Dreamcast was DOA because of Sega's mishandling of the Sega CD, Sega 32x and Sega Saturn along with their horrible financial position. Allowing the successor to the market leading console to launch 12 to 24 months before you has never really worked out to benefit anyone.