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bigtakilla on 21 January 2016
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Soundwave said:
bigtakilla said:

Strange... Do you live in an alternate universe, because here's a video of the PS4 being revealed Feb 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrtO1x8pSo

And the console didn't release until Nov... That seems like a bit longer than 6 months....

Xbone's released 6 months till and boy what a fantastic launch that was. ;)

 

Honestly all these "rules" you guys try to push are stupid. It comes down to execution. There is no magic number of months before launch of unveiling a console that gives you a successful product. 

There's a good chance NX "fails" no matter what. Because every one of their home consoles since the NES has been losing marketshare outside of the Wii miracle for a couple of years, but this a 30-year trend otherwise and quite honestly maybe they simply can't compete with a home console industry that's much, much more different today than it was in say 1990 when Nintendo defined everything about consoles. 

If they don't have some amazing new idea with the console NX, odds are it'll probably sell about the same as the Wii U (really crappy), GameCube (crappy), or if they're really lucky, the N64 (not crappy, just dissapointing). Doesn't really matter much when they launch. 

The plus side to launching earlier is the sooner they launch, the sooner the NX product line matures and the sooner it can start contributing to high-end profits, which I think Nintendo is anxious to get back to. They need that portable NX to start driving revenue. 

 

And yet the Wii U has an amazing attach ratio of software to hardware, coupled with amiibo and their handheld which even if it didn't sell another 3DS ever would still be the most attractive place for third parties to put their handheld software on (at least for quite a while). When we add cell phone games and the possible attraction of their home console hardware when their anime and movies start releasing we HAVE to simply come to the conclusion there is a bigger picture somewhere. It isn't to release another console they believe at best will sell N64 numbers.

Also, no matter how HUGE the company is, or how well known their products are, you usually see advertisements well before the release of the product. It gains the product recognition, and sparks interest through word of mouth. Why is that so hard to understand? Now apply that to a product little know about and fewer care for.