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Soundwave on 03 January 2016
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Gamemaster87 said:
Hiku said:
Nem said:

I applaud you for beeing one of the few that still thinks, rather than just go with the flow. People in the internet already unilaterally decided that the NX is a new home console, more powerful than the PS4 and coming out in late 2016... with no evidence.

Yeah, its as unrealistic as it comes, but alas, they refuse to listen to reason.

How is Reggie saying that they've already publicly announced that they're hard at work on their next home console, not any evidence of a console?
There is a home console coming. That's a fact. Doesn't matter what it ends up being called, the fact that Nintendo already publicly talked about it means it's coming sooner rather than later.
Sony, Nintendo and MS all start R&D for their next console as soon as they release one, but they never publicaly talk about it until it's closer to release. Even when Sony went out to get developer's feedback for PS4, to see what kind of hardware they'd like, they blatently denied that it was for PS4, even though it was obvious to the devs. That's just how it works.

And feel free to point out where I'm not thinking here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7627167

I've done plenty of thinking about this. Probably more than most people here, seeing as I haven't seen anyone else compile a post of breaking down the situation as thourooughly as I did.
The "more powerful than PS4" argument isn't backed by any evidence though. But don't pool that together with everything else.

Nintendo also launched GBA and Gamecube in 2001.
If there are two versions of NX, they may be released in two different time frames. But that WiiU would last until end of 2017 is looking very unrealistic.

Reggie also called Splatoon  an "Action Adventure" game. He often talks bullshit. He clearly has no idea about videogames, hell, he worked as CEO of Pizza Hut before. He's just a business man doing his job. Probably he just said home console, like he said Action Adventure.

 

Nintendo publicly talked about the Wii at E3 2004! Two and a half year before its launch. Nintendo talked about the Wii in 2010! Two and a half year before its launch. Nothing surprising here. They'll continue that pattern. And if you're a fan of patterns (because of your GBA/GCN argument): the DS was released before the Wii, the 3DS was released before the Wii U, so....

Patterns are great, unfortunately for Nintendo their hardware business is sinking like a rock. They can't keep operating like its 2004, and even they know it. 

Back then at the very least they had huge portable shipments every year, especially in North America and Europe. They could afford to take their time with the Wii. 

They don't have this luxury anymore as their monopoly on the handheld market has shrunk and handheld shipments in North America and Europe in particular have shown sure signs of being cannibalized by smartphones/tablets. 

NX has been in development since 2014. Iwata basically said so himself, and he basically even said that it would take them 2 years to realize that new hardware concept they were working on. 

We have reports that NX development kits are now in the hands of third parties, which means Nintendo's internal teams have likely had them for many months now. 

Nobody unveils hardware like 2 years before launch anymore anyway. It's a strategy that is horribly outdated, PS4/XB1/3DS were all unveiled within 12 months of being on market and the Apple model is the one everyone follows nowadays (unveil with launch soon after). No one wants to see a hardware product, get excited about it, and then be told "ok wait 2 years for it".