Nintendo NX will launch in 2016 - A superchunk is always right thread.

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padib said:

@Pavo. Maybe, but what if I told you NX will have so many games you won't even care?

superchunk said:

ok good. That is basically what I was thinking of and described previously as well.

However, my opinion is that the platform will be on mobile/handheld/home devices in 2016. Nintendo needs a new set of hardware to drive their brand and IPs. I see 2016 showcasing a new handheld and home console that share many basic architectural designs and of course a sofware structure that allows a shared library.

I do think it would also contain a software based backwards compatibility with WiiU/3DS family and finally a fully identical VC and other digital catalog. The mobile component won't be 100% identical but will be compliments and heavily linked.

... and I do agree that it will likely begin to follow a hardware cycle where new devices will come out far more regularly. MSony will do this by next hardware releases as well, IMO.

Cool, we're close to agreeing. I'll predict that the family of devices will be demoed in 2016, but only the handheld will release in Nov 2016, with the home console versions releasing in March or spring 2017.

@bold. I think so too. They might just take a wait and see approach first though.

I will respond then that it could have also many more that interest me than the limited Wii U.