| spemanig said: I have clearly underestimated the astonishing lengths some fans will go through to bury their heads in the sand and remain in denial. For that, I am sorry. Reggie isn't talking about the NX when talking about their next home console they've publicly revealed. Clearly. The producer of Prime wasn't clearly referring to the NX as a console when talking about a console game appearing on it. Clearly. I'm the one who's warping information to suit his own agenda. Clearly. |
I don't get it, either. Here's what Reggie said to Wall Street Journal: "We’ve also said publicly that we are already hard at work on our next home console and that’s another element we’ll be talking about much later." (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/18/nintendos-reggie-fils-aime-talks-amiibo-and-the-skylanders-deal/ ).
It wouldn't make any sense to hint at a new home console two and a half years before release. They first talked about the Wii at e3 2005 and that console released 1.5 years later. They talked about the 3DS at e3 2010 for the first time and it launched in early 2011. No signs of the Zelda game we saw in motion last year and that statement from Metroid's producer are a clear indication. Also, if Nintendo wants to make cross-development between its home console and handheld easy they'll have to release the home console first to keep the power gap as small as possible.
They need the next console out in 2016, otherwise there won't be any console hardware business left for them. Releasing high budget games on a console that sells 25k units per week (in 2016) would be financially unwise. That's why there's so many budget games for the Wii U already: Software sales estimates are lower because of the small install based. That's why Starfox looks like a Wii game in HD and not as good as people hoped for.
