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Gamemaster87 on 03 January 2016
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Soundwave said:
Gamemaster87 said:

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 It's a strategy that is horribly outdated, PS4/XB1/3DS were all unveiled within 12 months of being on market and the Apple model is the one everyone follows nowadays (unveil with launch soon after).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".

After the Wii U Nintendo isn't a position of throwing out hardware a half year after it was first shown. They have to get consumers back. You can't get them back by thtowing out a new platform without telling them for what it is. And more especially after the Wii U needs the feedback of the consumers. If they throe it out a half year after they first shown it, it can go terribly wrong.

And since Nintendo didn't show anything in 2015, I guess we can cross out a 2016 release for the new home console. Nintendo doesn't want another flop.