QoL will be out in spring 2015, I think Nintendo's already said that before, I think they will unveil it early next year and I think it will be more unconventional and pretty far removed from gaming than people think. I thought it was interesting in reference to QoL that Iwata stressed that Nintendo has only been a game company for about 30 of their 125 year history, so I think he's setting the stage for a product that is very different from their game business (and that's kind of the point -- they don't want to be at the mercy of a volatile, always shifting game market).
The other Nintendo platform that "redefines" video games that Iwata mentioned would take two years, but that's a pretty good buffer gap there.
QoL = spring 2015
New Nintendo gaming platform = spring 2016
Nintendo should move quickly if they are readying a fusion type device, because it could be old hat if they wait too long. The Wii U tablet probably seemed like a great too ... in 2008 or so, buy by the time Nintendo brought it to market by 2012, everyone and their grandma was saying "uh, I already have a tablet, what's so special about that?".
Apple/Google I think are going to be moving to integrate their iOS/Google Play apps more and more with televisions in the next couple of years, Nintendo needs to move quickly on this if they want to not look they're late to the party again.
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