NX launches March 2017 Globally

[JEMC]

Soundwave said:

JEMC said:

I'm not going to say that Nintendo is making a mistake releasing NX in March because I don't know what are the reasons for this decision. After all, and as weird as it seems, March 2017 could have been the plan since the very beginning. But if it has been delayed from Xmas to March, I wouldn't put the blame on the hardware but on the software.

Nintendo can't afford to screw up NX launch like they did with Wii U, and that means not only having enough games at launch, but also during the first 3 to 6 months after launch. And software has been Nintendo's Achilles heel this whole gen, with their studios having a hard time adjusting to the new requirements of developing HD games, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo overestimated their software capacity again and had to delay the console to avoid the unacceptable game droughts.

Unlikely, it's more likely this is simply like the 3DS launch all over again ... Nintendo wanted to launch for holiday 2010, but had to move it to Feb/March 2011 due to incomplete software. 

Nintendo may be dense, but they're not full on stupid, I don't think they'd willingly choose a March release window over a Christmas/holiday season one, especially when the Wii U has fewer pending releases than VHS video cassette does. 

Minus the NX + Zelda, 2016 is probably the worst release year I can remember for Nintendo, and I've been following playing every Nintendo console since the late 1980s. So it's not like they have anything else to sell. 

But that's more or less what I was saying.

Leaving the topic of "was it delayed or not?" aside as we don't know and we will never know (unless someone at Nintendo decides to talk in a few years), the only thing that matters is that Nintendo can't screw up NX launch because if they do, it's game over for them.

And with NX, the weakest link in the large chain towards launching a console is the available software.