| gatito said: Nintendo isn't like Apple releasing hardware the day it's announced, so I expect an E3 reveal and then they will launch the console in late 2017. Many people will feel betrayed if NX releases in 2016 and will hurt Nintendo's brand even more. |
The "lets show a system and make people wait 18 months for it" is a buzzkill that's totally going out of style.
3DS, Vita, PS4, and XBox One were all unveiled/announced and released within a year. For the PS4/XB1 it was actually like 7 months from unveil to launch. No one wants to sit around for almost two years imagining a product that they can't use yet.
Apple has it right actually.
NX will have its first teaser in March 2016, formal unveil with playable games at E3 2016, and launch in fall 2016 IMO. Which is par for the course for modern game hardware. The "I'm not buying one" will change their tune once they see Mario Galaxy 3, Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 9, Animal Crossing Next, etc. etc. running on the new system, that's just a small group of people on the internet that more talk than action.
If they're not launching until fall 2017, why even bother showing in 2016? Who's going to buy a Wii U in 2016 anyway when Nintendo's already shown their new system? If they're showing it in 2016, then they're launching it in 2016 IMO. Wii U sales are already awful, they would go down the toilet if Nintendo shows NX in 2016.
So the whole "well they can show NX in 2016, they just better not release it in 2016 because Wii U" line of logic is stupid when you actually think about it. Once NX is formally unveiled, that's pretty much curtains for the Wii U, it's already weak sales will slow to a snail's crawl.
