To those who say NX isn't coming this year

[Raze]

Soundwave said:

Raze said:

RolStoppable said:

Raze said:
I only see a November 2017 release on a few simple points:
-Nintendo has never released a home console the same year as its E3 debut
-Nintendo has maintained a 5-6 year gap between home console release dates since the NES, why would it change?

1. That holds as much weight as saying that Nintendo hasn't made a game like Splatoon before Splatoon was announced.

2. Things would change because they've never been so dire before and this time around the software output for handheld and home console will be much more unified than in the past, meaning that Nintendo won't need a substantial gap between the launch dates of new handheld and home console to provide both systems with adequate support for their respective launch period.

1 - The two don't really correlate. Nintendo requires time to polish their systems, and they only debut it once its ready to be mass marketed, and then start full scale production. This goes hand in hand with AMD's expected profits for November this year, when the processor order is delivered. It'll never get out in time for 2016.

2 - Nintendo is far from dire. They can fail for another 10 years and still have enough money to stay afloat between Wii and 3ds sales, pokemon series merchandising, as well as their other original ip merchandising. They rushed the Wii U and flopped, they won't be so hasty next time.

 

How was the Wii U rushed? Hype for it was already deflating given its slow motion launch where Nintendo showed at two full E3 shows before releasing it. 

Wii U failed because they bet hard on a good portion of casuals coming back and they didn't show *at all*. 

This is kind of like saying your wedding sucked because the cake was dry and not because the bride didn't show up. 

You guys have some strange analogies. Anyhow, rushed in the sense that there wasn't that supportive of a launch/1st year lineup. 

How could anyone expect casuals to show up when you give them thumbsticks controls? That's  like going backwards. I was hoping to never touch another thumbstick controller for aiming ever again personally after the Wii came out. Headshots in RE4 were a million times easier on the Wii than the GC.

Thumbsticks controls have their place - on other consoles. The Wii showed the world that there are many other people willing to game, but the controls got too complicated since the days of the NES and they lost interest. The Wii controls brought gaming back to their level of understanding.  Heck, I had my 64 yr old dad playing Medal of Honor, he hadn't touched a controller since the NES.