| Soleron said: Why DOES Nintendo hold back the release dates for so long? For other companies it's about competitive advantage, but 3D Zelda and Mario don't compete with anything. The only effect of confirmation would be higher Wii sales. And leaving it later hasn't stopped them publicly delaying those games. |
Internally within Nintendo developers, with Sakurai, etc... Iwata got ample backlash for announcing Super Smash Bros for 3DS and Wii U when development had not even started. Now people have multiple years to wait.
Look at The Last Guardian... all that excitement and waiting for the game has slowly turned into very low expectations from the same fans.
They are wise not to announce things that wont be available anytime soon especially since they are acknowledging that these games are works in process but not ready to be talked about in any detail.
Apple announced new hardware mere weeks before it releases that stuff... why shouldn't Nintendo try to do the same with Software? Keep the consumer focus on currently available products until new products are actually ready to be released.
