Rumor: Nintendo started talking with third-parties about NX at E3, positive reception; NX more than a year away

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se7en7thre3 said:

Soundwave said:
Smells like a fall 2016 launch if they are already briefing third parties on it.

Going by Iwata's latest quote:

"We can't talk about the NX, if we do, competitors may take our ideas and customers won't be surprised."

This tells me, Nintendo wants to shrink the reveal/release gap this time, I fully expect at least one iteration of NX (HH most likely) by late 2016.

If the system's launching in 2016, shouldn't dev kits be out there already?