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| JRPGfan said: So we know its launching globally March 2017. Which is not typical for home consoles, usually they launch before the holidays and make use of the "brand new hot thingy" and the massive amounts people spend on holidays to get off to a flying start sales wise. NX is launching right after.... when people have already used their hard earned $ on christmas presents.
Home consoles resently get revealed at E3. Its just how it goes, is the single biggest week for gameing in the year. Lots of press around, so its a good time to get your message out there. News gets picked up and suddenly its all over the web. Basically free marketing.
Nintendo wont have NX at E3, or talk about it at E3.
Then theres the Wii U. Lets be honest its not going out on a good note. It could potentially make buyers more hesitant to get a NX right out the gate.
What do you guys think? |
March isn't an odd time to release hardware, I recall PS2 and PS4 released in Japan at that time, this is also a global release so they likely picked a time that fits all regions.
On the part about missing the holidays NX is likely using the classic strategy of selling to avid early adoptors first then building up for it's first holiday, we don't even know what type of platform or platforms NX is it could very well have a home console and portable variant. Wii U hasn't been on a good note since release and tbh the GC also didn't go out on a good note either and that proved to be irrelevant to its successor.
Both PS4 and X1 were not revealed at E3 they had their own events for that, NX is likely going to have a specific ND for its reveal later this year probably September or Q4 when it's closer to release to go into details about it. E3 used to be the main week for gaming but in recent years and the progression of streaming it has declined which is why more developers are skipping it each year.
