Nem said:
The non-announcement simply confirms what i have said. They had no communication strategy after Iwata's passing. It got jump started with the Direct we had. Regardless, this is pure speculation. I remember their announcement one of these years was Cranky kong as a playable character in Tropical freeze. Heavy announcements there. Last year what did they do? Zelda footage? Better inform Nintendo that they are to cancel all ongoing projects for the Wii U. The authorities have spoken! You don't even know what the new system is! Seriously... game development doesnt happen in 12 months. It's the product of alot of planning. It doesnt go away from one moment to the other. It occurs slowly and progressively. I mean Sony doesnt give a s**t about the vita but they still had first party games come out this year. The projects were far too progressed to be canceled. |
Even logistically though even if we grant you your own time line, it still doesn't make sense. Lets say portable NX in late 2016, and console NX or whatever in 2017 ... game development for these platforms would still have to be well underway right now, and it can't be just half-assed "secondary" support either, Nintendo needs to prioritize the new platforms with their higher end projects otherwise those systems will not sell well out of the gate and their business is fucked for the next 5 years.
If we assume a 24 month average dev cycle for most Nintendo games ... there simply isn't room for very much Wii U support in this equation.
Not only do their next-gen handheld projects need to be in development (like deeeep into development)*right now*, their next-gen 2017 console projects also need to be starting development right now.
Do you think Nintendo can supply software for 3 different systems simulatenously with the lowest end system having maybe Vita-XBox 360 graphics?
Like I'm just doing the math here and it just doesn't equal out. They ditched the Wii U a while ago IMO, it's no great mystery why they haven't had anything new to show on the Wii U. Also why can they show Twlight Princess HD and Pokken Tournament but not all these other amazing 1st party exclusive Wii U projects? Like what does Iwata's passing have to do with that? They're so grief striken that they can only cut trailers for farmed out games?