What benefits does Nintendo gets releasing the NX a year and a half after announcement?

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Mummelmann said:
It really doesn't make any kind of sense for them to announce a new console in early 2015 and then wait until late 2017 for a release; they would effectively destroy the Wii U's chances of a decent 2016 and 2017. Everything they've done and said in the past 6 months indicates strongly that they're ready to move on and have no proper plans for the Wii U.
It makes sense from a business perspective; regardless of fans claiming that it's stupid to piss them off, there is no reason to keep trying to roll a broken wheel uphill in the mud they way they have been doing.

Literally the only arguments left against an imminent release of a successor to the Wii U are "That would piss off the fans" and "They haven't said they are doing this and there are still games coming for the Wii U". This whole "They'll SEGA themselves" mentality is nonsense, if they do nothing about the current situation, that will be the only sure path to the grave.

I agree. It was a terrible mistake to announce the Wii U at E3 2011 and release until 2012. The problem is that the actual Nintendo is inefficient and takes a lot of time to do a game, that sometimes, feel more archaic or limited than older games.

Thankfully, the Fusion idea can speed up and solve part of those problems.