My take is Nintendo has given up Wii U's Fiscal 4th quarter. Before anybody gets offended, please be reminded that I love Nintendo. First alerted by the unnecessarily big deal made by Nikkei of the hardware consolidation article. Now this furthers my hypothesis that Corporate Nintendo is preparing to window dress what is bound to be a difficult 4th quarter. And it's a rational move.
Unless Nintendo has plans or even the capability to shift up a couple of major title during the 4th quarter, they really won't have an easy way to explain what is bound to be a material downward revision in unit sales, especially for Wii U. So they must send up a smoke screen of hope (new product possibilities via product line integration!!!) and controlled implosion (because we are moving back some titles to ensure the BEST quality expected of us, we won't have as many sales during the quarter as originally expected). In fact, depending on the success or lack thereof of the few titles such as MH3, Lego City Undercover (each only contributing just two weeks if that to the quarter's sales), Nintendo could even use their lack of support apologetically and as a segue towards offering ambasador bonus, price cut whatever.
Again, just pulled out of my ass. I reserve the rights to change my mind at any time. And don't try to get in a series of recriminations like we often see in these forums these days. Remember, you would only be arguing with my ass cuz that's where this came from....
