UPDATE - Nintendo Begins Distributing Software Kit for New NX Platform

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Jumpin said:

kitler53 said:
if they are just beginning to distribute dev kits and actually launch next year then shitty 3rd party support is already confirmed. less than a year to ready your games is not enough.

Actually, 1 year before launch for third party dev kits is quite far ahead of what is typical, it's usually under 6 months. PS4 dev kits were only reported going out just a few months ahead of launch, for comparison's sake.

Yes, but these developers where already in the know what to expect far before that date, so they could already do most of the programming beforehand. This being Nintendo, I doubt really anyone outside of the company really knows what to come and thus earlier SDKs are a necessity, especially if some new peripherials are included.