Miyamoto: We're Not Interested In High End Specs (Hardware)

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Rab said:

bunchanumbers said:

I'm still thinking that it will be more powerful than PS4 when it launches in 2016. 

It wont launch until Holidays 2017, not until it has a formal unveiling probably at E3 2016 (1.5 years before release), this has been Nintendos and other developers usual practice 

 

GC

First spoken about at NPC 1999

First unveiling at a press conference in 2000

Launch - Holidays 2001

 

Wii

First spoken about at E3 2004

First unveiling at E3 2005 

Launch - Holidays 2006

 

WiiU

First spoken about at E3 2010

First unveiling at E3 2011

Launch - Holidays 2012

It really isn't necessary to have such a long time between announce/reveal/release anymore, back in the day it made sense but with the internet and social media being a major part of most people's lives, word spreads fast and it's completely unecessary to show the device 1.5 years before it releases. Look at PS4, it was formally announced, had a big E3 blowout and released in the same calender year and went on to have a record launch.

I think Nintendo will formally reveal it during a Nintendo Direct while also having a media event like they had for New 3DS sometime in March 2016, then a big blowout in June at E3 with a bunch of demos of launch window games and trailers for 2017 games then probably another event in September like they had for Wii/Wii U which will have more launch details like release date, launch lineup, price. Then finally it will release globally in Nov/Dec 2016.