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tak13 on 02 July 2015
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Miyamotoo said:

Supply chain players gear up for new Nintendo console

Japan-based Nintendo is planning to launch its next-generation games console in 2016 and has recently asked its supply chain partners to start pilot production in October, at the latest. The console will be manufactured by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), but Pegatron Technology is aggressively trying to snatch some of the orders, according to sources familiar to the plan.

Pegatron and Foxconn both declined to comment.

Nintendo in March announced its plan of releasing Nintendo NX in 2016 and has started visiting its supply chain partners recently. The orders are expected to be finalized in February or March 2016 and mass production will start in May or June 2016, while the console's official launch may take place around July, the sources said.

Nintendo reportedly is looking to ship 20 million Nintendo NX in the first year. The shipment volume of Wii U is estimated at two million units in 2015, according to Digitimes Research.

Component suppliers such as Foxconn Technology, Macronix, PixArt Imaging, Coxon Precise Industrial, Nishoku Technology, Delta Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Jentech, are also expected to land orders from Nintendo for the new console, the sources added.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150702PD204.html

Digitimes.com is well known for informations about part orders, sales, announcing new manufacturing techs and stuffs like that, they have they own sources with manufacturers and they well informed about all that stuffs.

 

 

"Nintendo in March announced its plan of releasing Nintendo NX in 2016", this part is incorrect, Nintendo announced that they will revealed NX in 2016. not that they will releas. Also, launch of new console around July is very unusual.

 

I think Nintendo could again pull what they done with Wii coming from GameCube.

NX could be more stronger Wii U with new gimmick with affordable price.
I think gimmick could be that NX is some sort of hybrid, portable console with screen that can be connected on TV and can be used like home console too, with Wii U games support. It want be next generation of Nintendo console, but more new console in this gen alongside with 3DS and Wii U, but of course in time they will stop supporting 3DS/Wii U and they will be focused only on NX.


As you mentioned the fact that the report says that Nintendo announced in March their plan to release NX 2016,while it never did it,makes the report untrustworthy!

Also it point outs that wii u shipments for 2015 so far is 2m...No way it shipped 1.6m  wii  u in Q2(FY 15 Q1) and I don't have to rationalize that...:P

Lastly,the 20m target for  the first year is somewhat excessive...