They will launch mid stream against the competors. Ditching the WiiU much like Sega ditched the Saturn....
They will launch it will some of their heaviest hitters. We will see Zelda and 3D Mario within 12 months of its launch. It will have other great titles.
But it will not sell well as Nintendo had hoped and they will throw in the towel after 2 years, and announce they are developing as a 3rd party for home consoles, and mobile games. Zelda NX and Mario 3D will be ported to the PS4 and XB1 by CMAS 2019 and sell like crazy.
The NX will hold a special place in Nintendo fans hearts, many will say it was the greatest console ever and should have been given more of a chance.
Edit- I understand why people said my OP lacked logic, because I said it would fail without explaining why I think it will, adding my clarification from later in the thread.
1. Killing the WiiU early (which I think the poor showing at E3 is a foreshadowing of) will put a bad taste in consumers mouths. I personally dont trust Nintendo anymore.
2. It will be launching in 2016 or 17, right into the prime of the XB1 and PS4. Against FF VII remake, Against Shemue 3, Against Elder Scrolls 6, against GT7, against all typical annual titles that likely will not be available on the NX, FF XV, Dragon Quest, KH, GTA6, TLOU2, Horizon, and many many more. Even if Nintendo offers all of its top tier franchises in the 1st year it cant top that.
3. People still love Nintendo, but 3rd parties are king now. I personally dont believe that they can carry a console on their own like they did with the N64 and less successfully with the GC. They seem to have no relasionships these days with 3rd parties. Had the Gamecube had better branding, and launched with Spaceworld 2000 Zelda, Mario 128, Mario Kart and SSB:M it would have made a massive difference in 2001. In 2016 or 17 it would still help, but it wont it wont be enough to propel it for long (because after the initial blitz they dont have the 3rd party support to compete, and even if it does much better than anyone could predict it would take years for 3rd parties to finally drop big titles on it).
Its possible they could find lightning in a bottle again like they did with the Wii, I just find the scenario in the OP more likely.
At best it will see GameCube like success, and with Nintendo already showing they are willing to find profit on other platforms (Mobile devices), I think they will look to find profit on other consoles.
psn- tokila
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