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Tachikoma on 18 October 2015
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SpokenTruth said:
Tachikoma said:
SpokenTruth said:

I'm guessing that if anything has gone out it was to external 1st parties (Retro, Monolith Tokyo, etc...) and maybe very close 3rd parties (Monster, Next Level Games...).

3rd parties in general just feels unlikely.  All previous Nintendo consoles have been fully unveilied at least 1.5 years prior to release with much SDK distribution coming just prior to that time.  To fit this rumor, that window was several months ago in order to keep in line with expected milestones (SDK release, public unveiling, system launch).

If thats the case then they're kicking off their next generation of console with the firm and obvious mindset that 3rd party support is not important to them.

Which ultimately, means a thin number of games overall.

Not necessarily.  This is always the case for all 3 console makers.  Internal and external 1st party first, close 3rd party next and then all others.  Kits aren't mass produced so they don't have many to give out right away.

SE have had devkits for the ps2, ps3 and ps4 before each console was officially announced, on non-final devkits that would later be replaced with newer kits as the launch drew closer.

 

Major third parties not receiving devkits at this supposed point of the development cycle is NOT the norm, major third parties, especially japan based third parties receive their devkits more or less in tandem with first party studios, in the past MS, Sony, Sega and Nintendo have always had not only enough to go around but spares on standby incase of technical issues so that turnaround on replacing defective hardware does not impact projected release schedules, its beneficial to the manufacturer to do this because doing so reduces the chance of a sparse launch lineup.

 

If the rumor were true and first parties had received theirs already, but third parties had not. It would be the first time in history that major Japanese third parties got left in the cold on it.