| VGPolyglot said: I really hope that the next Xbox won't have that name! |
Don't worry, it won't...
It'll be called the Xbox Three Sixty.
Anyway, assuming this is true (and I don't see why it wouldn't be), we can be confident that NX won't be arriving any time before 2017. But then, anybody who understood logic knew that to be the case anyway - Nintendo weren't going to only barely start talking about the system 6 months before launch (E3 2016), and they weren't going to release their next system within 3 years of the competition releasing their previous ones - there's a reason why the three hardware companies maintain an almost-simultaneous (within a year or so) generation change schedule, both for consoles and handhelds. Sega demonstrated why it's a bad idea to break the schedule and try to rush a new product to market too early.
At earliest, NX was going to release in 2017. This is one year before the likely release date of the next Xbox (and as such, also the likely release date of the PS5). And it's possible that they'll hold off on their next home console until 2018 (if NX is a handheld or a "third pillar", or if it's referring to both handheld and console as distinct but interconnected systems... or even if the home console is NX) - they can certainly ride the Wii U out for that long and spend the extra time working on more launch titles, and getting third party support up at launch.
One other thing that isn't made clear is whether they started talking with them in the sense of "here's what we're doing, you need to start thinking of what you're going to put on it", or in the sense of "we're working on NX, but it's not finalised yet; here's our ideas, what do you think could be improved to ensure your support". If it's the former, and Nintendo is continuing with the "we'll do our own thing, and worry about the third parties later", it could be problematic, and we'll see NX in 2017 with nowhere near enough third party support. If it's the latter, and Nintendo is working hard to get the third parties, it'll probably come in 2018 with a huge lineup.
